Psalms 68
1 For the Leader. A Psalm of David, a Song. Let God arise, let His enemies be scattered; and let them that hate Him flee before Him.
To the victorie, the salm `of the song `of Dauid. God rise vp, and hise enemyes be scaterid; and thei that haten hym fle fro his face.
2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away; as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
As smoke failith, faile thei; as wax fletith fro the face of fier, so perische synneris fro the face of God.
3 But let the righteous be glad, let them exult before God; yea, let them rejoice with gladness.
And iust men eete, and make fulli ioye in the siyt of God; and delite thei in gladnesse.
4 Sing unto God, sing praises to His name; extol Him that rideth upon the skies, whose name is the LORD; and exult ye before Him.
Synge ye to God, seie ye salm to his name; make ye weie to hym, that stieth on the goyng doun, the Lord is name to hym. Make ye fulli ioye in his siyt, enemyes schulen be disturblid fro the face of hym,
5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in His holy habitation.
which is the fadir of fadirles and modirles children; and the iuge of widewis.
6 God maketh the solitary to dwell in a house; He bringeth out the prisoners into prosperity; the rebellious dwell but in a parched land.
God is in his hooli place; God that makith men of o wille to dwelle in the hous. Which leedith out bi strengthe hem that ben boundun; in lijk maner hem that maken scharp, that dwellen in sepulcris.
7 O God, when Thou wentest forth before Thy people, when Thou didst march through the wilderness; (Selah)
God, whanne thou yedist out in the siyt of thi puple; whanne thou passidist forth in the desert.
8 The earth trembled, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God; even yon Sinai trembled at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
The erthe was moued, for heuenes droppiden doun fro the face of God of Synay; fro the face of God of Israel.
9 A bounteous rain didst Thou pour down, O God; when Thine inheritance was weary, Thou didst confirm it.
God, thou schalt departe wilful reyn to thin eritage, and it was sijk; but thou madist it parfit.
10 Thy flock settled therein; Thou didst prepare in Thy goodness for the poor, O God.
Thi beestis schulen dwelle therynne; God, thou hast maad redi in thi swetnesse to the pore man.
11 The Lord giveth the word; the women that proclaim the tidings are a great host.
The Lord schal yyue a word; to hem that prechen the gospel with myche vertu.
12 Kings of armies flee, they flee; and she that tarrieth at home divideth the spoil.
The kyngis of vertues ben maad loued of the derlyng; and to the fairnesse of the hous to departe spuylis.
13 When ye lie among the sheepfolds, the wings of the dove are covered with silver, and her pinions with the shimmer of gold.
If ye slepen among the myddil of eritagis, the fetheris of the culuer ben of siluer; and the hyndrere thingis of the bak therof ben in the shynyng of gold.
14 When the Almighty scattereth kings therein, it snoweth in Zalmon.
While the king of heuene demeth kyngis theronne, thei schulen be maad whitter then snow in Selmon;
15 A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan; a mountain of peaks is the mountain of Bashan.
the hille of God is a fat hille. The cruddid hil is a fat hil;
16 Why look ye askance, ye mountains of peaks, at the mountain which God hath desired for His abode? Yea, the LORD will dwell therein for ever.
wherto bileuen ye falsli, cruddid hillis? The hil in which it plesith wel God to dwelle ther ynne; for the Lord schal dwelle `in to the ende.
17 The chariots of God are myriads, even thousands upon thousands; the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in holiness.
The chare of God is manyfoold with ten thousynde, a thousynde of hem that ben glad; the Lord was in hem, in Syna, in the hooli.
18 Thou hast ascended on high, Thou hast led captivity captive; Thou hast received gifts among men, yea, among the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell there.
Thou stiedist an hiy, thou tokist caitiftee; thou resseyuedist yiftis among men. For whi thou tokist hem that bileueden not; for to dwelle in the Lord God.
19 Blessed be the Lord, day by day He beareth our burden, even the God who is our salvation. (Selah)
Blessid be the Lord ech dai; the God of oure heelthis schal make an eesie wei to vs.
20 God is unto us a God of deliverances; and unto GOD the Lord belong the issues of death.
Oure God is God to make men saaf; and outgoyng fro deeth is of the Lord God.
21 Surely God will smite through the head of His enemies, the hairy scalp of him that goeth about in his guiltiness.
Netheles God schal breke the heedis of hise enemyes; the cop of the heere of hem that goen in her trespassis.
22 The Lord said: 'I will bring back from Bashan, I will bring them back from the depths of the sea;
The Lord seide, Y schal turne fro Basan; Y schal turne in to the depthe of the see.
23 That thy foot may wade through blood, that the tongue of thy dogs may have its portion from thine enemies.'
That thi foot be deppid in blood; the tunge of thi doggis be dippid in blood of the enemyes of hym.
24 They see Thy goings, O God, even the goings of my God, my King, in holiness.
God, thei sien thi goyngis yn; the goyngis yn of my God, of my king, which is in the hooli.
25 The singers go before, the minstrels follow after, in the midst of damsels playing upon timbrels.
Prynces ioyned with syngeris camen bifore; in the myddil of yonge dameselis syngynge in tympans.
26 'Bless ye God in full assemblies, even the Lord, ye that are from the fountain of Israel.'
In chirchis blesse ye God; blesse ye the Lord fro the wellis of Israel.
27 There is Benjamin, the youngest, ruling them, the princes of Judah their council, the princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.
There Beniamyn, a yonge man; in the rauyschyng of mynde. The princis of Juda weren the duykis of hem; the princis of Zabulon, the princis of Neptalym.
28 Thy God hath commanded thy strength; be strong, O God, Thou that hast wrought for us
God, comaunde thou to thi vertu; God, conferme thou this thing, which thou hast wrouyt in vs.
29 Out of Thy temple at Jerusalem, whither kings shall bring presents unto Thee.
Fro thi temple, which is in Jerusalem; kyngis schulen offre yiftis to thee.
30 Rebuke the wild beast of the reeds, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the peoples, every one submitting himself with pieces of silver; He hath scattered the peoples that delight in war!
Blame thou the wielde beestis of the reheed, the gaderyng togidere of bolis is among the kien of puplis; that thei exclude hem that ben preuyd bi siluer. Distrie thou folkis that wolen batels,
31 Nobles shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall hasten to stretch out her hands unto God.
legatis schulen come fro Egipt; Ethiopie schal come bifore the hondis therof to God.
32 Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; (Selah)
Rewmes of the erthe, synge ye to God; seie ye salm to the Lord.
33 To Him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which are of old; lo, He uttereth His voice, a mighty voice.
Singe ye to God; that stiede on the heuene of heuene at the eest. Lo! he schal yyue to his vois the vois of vertu, yyue ye glorie to God on Israel;
34 Ascribe ye strength unto God; His majesty is over Israel, and His strength is in the skies.
his greet doyng and his vertu is in the cloudis.
35 Awful is God out of thy holy places; the God of Israel, He giveth strength and power unto the people; blessed be God.
God is wondirful in hise seyntis; God of Israel, he schal yyue vertu, and strengthe to his puple; blessid be God.
