Psalms 66
1 “To the chief musician, a song or psalm.” Shout joyfully unto God, all ye lands:
To the victorie, the song of salm.
2 Sing forth the glory of his name; make glorious his praise.
Al the erthe, make ye ioie hertli to God, seie ye salm to his name; yyue ye glorie to his heriyng.
3 Say unto God, How fear-inspiring is every one of thy works! through the greatness of thy strength will thy enemies yield feigned obedience unto thee.
Seie ye to God, Lord, thi werkis ben dredeful; in the multitude of thi vertu thin enemyes schulen lie to thee.
4 All the lands shall bow themselves down unto thee, and shall sing praises unto thee; they shall sing praises to thy name. (Selah)
God, al the erthe worschipe thee, and synge to thee; seie it salm to thi name.
5 Come and see the deeds of God: fear-inspiring is his doing toward the children of men.
Come ye and se ye the werkis of God; ferdful in counseils on the sones of men.
6 He changed the sea into dry land: through the river they went on foot: there did we rejoice in him.
Which turnede the see in to drie lond; in the flood thei schulen passe with foot, there we schulen be glad in hym.
7 He ruleth by his might for ever; his eyes look upon the nations: the rebellious—these shall not be exalted. (Selah)
Which is Lord in his vertu withouten ende, hise iyen biholden on folkis; thei that maken scharp be not enhaunsid in hem silf.
8 Bless, O ye people, our God, and cause the voice of his praise to be heard:
Ye hethen men, blesse oure God; and make ye herd the vois of his preising.
9 Who hath appointed our soul to life, and hath not suffered our foot to slip.
That hath set my soule to lijf, and yaf not my feet in to stiryng.
10 For thou hast proved us, O God: thou hast refined us, as silver is refined.
For thou, God, hast preued vs; thou hast examyned vs bi fier, as siluer is examyned.
11 Thou hast brought us into the net; thou hast placed fetters upon our loins.
Thou leddist vs in to a snare, thou puttidist tribulaciouns in oure bak;
12 Thou hast caused men to ride on our head: we entered into fire and into water; but thou broughtest us out to [the enjoyment] of overflowing plenty. a
thou settidist men on oure heedis. We passiden bi fier and water; and thou leddist vs out in to refreschyng.
13 I will enter thy house with burnt-offerings: I will pay unto thee my vows,
I schal entre in to thin hous in brent sacrifices; Y schal yelde to thee my vowis,
14 Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in distress.
which my lippis spaken distinctly. And my mouth spake in my tribulacioun;
15 Burnt-offerings of fatlings will I offer up unto thee, with the incense of rams; I will prepare steers with he-goats. (Selah)
Y shal offre to thee brent sacrificis ful of merowy, with the brennyng of rammes; Y schal offre to thee oxis with buckis of geet.
16 Come, hear, and I will relate, all ye that fear God, what he hath done for my soul.
Alle ye that dreden God, come and here, and Y schal telle; hou grete thingis he hath do to my soule.
17 Unto him I cried with my mouth, and a song of extolling was on my tongue.
I criede to hym with my mouth; and Y ioyede fulli vndir my tunge.
18 If I had looked on wickedness with my heart, the Lord would not have heard;
If Y bihelde wickidnesse in myn herte; the Lord schal not here.
19 But verily God hath heard; he hath listened to the voice of my prayer.
Therfor God herde; and perseyuede the vois of my bisechyng.
20 Blessed be God, who hath not removed my prayer [from him], nor his kindness from me.
Blessid be God; that remeued not my preyer, and `took not awei his merci fro me.
