Psalms 81
1 For the Leader; upon the Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph. Sing aloud unto God our strength; shout unto the God of Jacob.
To the ouercomer in the pressours of Asaph. Make ye fulli ioye to God, oure helpere; synge ye hertli to God of Jacob.
2 Take up the melody, and sound the timbrel, the sweet harp with the psaltery.
Take ye a salm, and yyue ye a tympan; a myrie sautere with an harpe.
3 Blow the horn at the new moon, at the full moon for our feast-day.
Blowe ye with a trumpe in Neomenye; in the noble dai of youre solempnite.
4 For it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
For whi comaundement is in Israel; and doom is to God of Jacob.
5 He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, when He went forth against the land of Egypt. The speech of one that I knew not did I hear:
He settide that witnessing in Joseph; whanne he yede out of the lond of Egipt, he herde a langage, which he knew not.
6 'I removed his shoulder from the burden; His hands were freed from the basket.
He turnede a wei his bak fro birthens; hise hondis serueden in a coffyn.
7 Thou didst call in trouble, and I rescued thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder; I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. (Selah)
In tribulacioun thou inwardli clepidist me, and Y delyuerede thee; Y herde thee in the hid place of tempest, Y preuede thee at the water of ayenseiyng.
8 Hear, O My people, and I will admonish thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto Me!
My puple, here thou, and Y schal be witnesse ayens thee;
9 There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any foreign god.
Israel, if thou herist me, a fresche God schal not be in thee, and thou schalt not worschipe an alien god.
10 I am the LORD thy God, who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt; open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
For Y am thi Lord God, that ladde thee out of the lond of Egipt; make large thi mouth, and Y schal fille it.
11 But My people hearkened not to My voice; and Israel would none of Me.
And my puple herde not my vois; and Israel yaue not tente to me.
12 So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, that they might walk in their own counsels.
And Y lefte hem aftir the desiris of her herte; thei schulen go in her fyndyngis.
13 Oh that My people would hearken unto Me, that Israel would walk in My ways!
If my puple hadde herde me; if Israel hadde go in my weies.
14 I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn My hand against their adversaries.
For nouyt in hap Y hadde maad low her enemyes; and Y hadde send myn hond on men doynge tribulacioun to hem.
15 The haters of the LORD should dwindle away before Him; and their punishment should endure for ever.
The enemyes of the Lord lieden to hym; and her tyme schal be in to worldis.
16 They should also be fed with the fat of wheat; and with honey out of the rock would I satisfy thee.'
And he fedde hem of the fatnesse of whete; and he fillide hem with hony of the stoon.
