Psalms 86
1 “A prayer of David.” Incline, O Lord, thy ear, answer me; for poor and needy am I.
The preier of Dauid. Lord, bowe doun thin eere, and here me; for Y am nedi and pore.
2 Preserve my soul; for I am pious: help thy servant, O thou my God, that trusteth in thee.
Kepe thou my lijf, for Y am holi; my God, make thou saaf thi seruaunt hopynge in thee.
3 Be gracious unto me, O Lord; for unto thee I call all the time.
Lord, haue thou merci on me, for Y criede al day to thee;
4 Cause to rejoice the soul of thy servant; for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift my soul.
make thou glad the soule of thi seruaunt, for whi, Lord, Y haue reisid my soule to thee.
5 For thou, O Lord, art good and forgiving, and abundant in kindness unto all that call on thee.
For thou, Lord, art swete and mylde; and of myche merci to alle men inwardli clepynge thee.
6 Give ear, O Lord, unto my prayer, and attend to the voice of my supplications.
Lord, perseyue thou my preier with eeris; and yyue thou tente to the vois of my bisechyng.
7 On the day of my distress will I call on thee; for thou wilt answer me.
In the dai of my tribulacioun Y criede to thee; for thou herdist me.
8 There is none like unto thee among the Gods, O Lord; and there is nothing like thy works.
Lord, noon among goddis is lijk thee; and noon is euene to thi werkis.
9 All the nations whom thou hast made shall come and bow themselves down before thee, O Lord; and they shall ascribe honor unto thy name.
Lord, alle folkis, whiche euere thou madist, schulen come, and worschipe bifore thee; and thei schulen glorifie thi name.
10 For great art thou, and doing wondrous things: thou art God by thyself alone.
For thou art ful greet, and makinge merueils; thou art God aloone.
11 Teach me, O Lord, thy way; I will walk firmly in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.
Lord, lede thou me forth in thi weie, and Y schal entre in thi treuthe; myn herte be glad, that it drede thi name.
12 I will thank thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart, and I will honor thy name for evermore.
Mi Lord God, Y schal knouleche to thee in al myn herte; and Y schal glorifie thi name withouten ende.
13 For thy kindness is great toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the grave of the lower world. (Sheol h7585)
For thi merci is greet on me; and thou deliueridist my soule fro the lower helle. (Sheol h7585)
14 O God, the presumptuous are risen up against me, and the assembly of the powerful wicked have sought after my life, and have not set thee before them.
God, wickid men han rise vp on me; and the synagoge of myyti men han souyt my lijf; and thei han not set forth thee in her siyt.
15 But thou, O Lord, art God, full of mercy, and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in kindness and truth.
And thou, Lord God, doynge merci, and merciful; pacient, and of myche merci, and sothefast.
16 Oh turn unto me, and be gracious unto me: give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thy handmaid.
Biholde on me, and haue mercy on me, yyue thou the empire to thi child; and make thou saaf the sone of thin handmayden.
17 Display on me a sign for good, that those who hate me may see it, and be ashamed; because thou, Lord, hast helped me, and comforted me.
Make thou with me a signe in good, that thei se, that haten me, and be aschamed; for thou, Lord, hast helpid me, and hast coumfortid me.
