Psalms 17
1 A Prayer of David. Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, [that goeth] not out of feigned lips.
The preier of Dauid. Lord, here thou my riytfulnesse; biholde thou my preier. Perseuye thou with eeris my preier; not maad in gileful lippis.
2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.
Mi doom come `forth of thi cheer; thin iyen se equite.
3 Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited [me] in the night; thou hast tried me, [and] shalt find nothing; I am purposed [that] my mouth shall not transgress.
Thou hast preued myn herte, and hast visitid in niyt; thou hast examynyd me bi fier, and wickidnesse is not foundun in me.
4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept [me from] the paths of the destroyer.
That my mouth speke not the werkis of men; for the wordis of thi lippis Y haue kept harde weies.
5 Hold up my goings in thy paths, [that] my footsteps slip not.
Make thou perfit my goyngis in thi pathis; that my steppis be not moued.
6 I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, [ and hear] my speech.
I criede, for thou, God, herdist me; bowe doun thin eere to me, and here thou my wordis.
7 Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust [in thee] from those that rise up [against them].
Make wondurful thi mercies; that makist saaf `men hopynge in thee.
8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
Kepe thou me as the appil of the iye; fro `men ayenstondynge thi riyt hond. Keuere thou me vndur the schadewe of thi wyngis;
9 From the wicked that oppress me, [from] my deadly enemies, [who] compass me about.
fro the face of vnpitouse men, that han turmentid me. Myn enemyes han cumpassid my soule;
10 They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
thei han closide togidere her fatnesse; the mouth of hem spak pride.
11 They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;
Thei castiden me forth, and han cumpassid me now; thei ordeyneden to bowe doun her iyen in to erthe.
12 Like as a lion [that] is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
Thei, as a lioun maad redi to prey, han take me; and as the whelp of a lioun dwellynge in hid places.
13 Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, [which is] thy sword:
Lord, rise thou vp, bifor come thou hym, and disseyue thou hym; delyuere thou my lijf fro the `vnpitouse,
14 From men [which are] thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, [which have] their portion in [this] life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid [treasure: ] they are full of children, and leave the rest of their [substance] to their babes.
delyuere thou thi swerd fro the enemyes of thin hond. Lord, departe thou hem fro a fewe men of `the lond in the lijf of hem; her wombe is fillid of thin hid thingis. Thei ben fillid with sones; and thei leften her relifis to her litle children.
15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
But Y in riytfulnesse schal appere to thi siyt; Y schal be fillid, whanne thi glorie schal appere.
