Psalms 55
1 TO THE OVERSEER. WITH STRINGED INSTRUMENTS. AN INSTRUCTION OF DAVID. Give ear, O God, [to] my prayer, And do not hide from my supplication.
`In Ebreu thus, To victorie in orguns, the lernyng of Dauid. `In Jeroms translacioun thus, To the ouercomer in salmes of Dauid lernid. God, here thou my preier, and dispise thou not my biseching;
2 Attend to me, and answer me, I mourn in my (meditation) and make a noise,
yyue thou tent to me, and here thou me. I am sorewful in myn exercising; and Y am disturblid of the face of the enemye,
3 Because of the voice of an enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked, For they cause sorrow to move against me, And in anger they hate me.
and of the tribulacioun of the synner. For thei bowiden wickidnessis in to me; and in ire thei weren diseseful to me.
4 My heart is pained within me, And terrors of death have fallen on me.
Myn herte was disturblid in me; and the drede of deth felde on me.
5 Fear and trembling come to me, And horror covers me.
Drede and trembling camen on me; and derknessis hiliden me.
6 And I say, “Who gives to me a pinion as a dove?” I fly away and rest,
And Y seide, Who schal yyue to me fetheris, as of a culuer; and Y schal fle, and schal take rest?
7 Behold, I move far off, I lodge in a wilderness. (Selah)
Lo! Y yede fer awei, and fledde; and Y dwellide in wildirnesse.
8 I hurry escape for myself, From a rushing wind, from a whirlwind.
I abood hym, that made me saaf fro the litilnesse, `ether drede, of spirit; and fro tempest.
9 Swallow up, O Lord, divide their tongue, For I saw violence and strife in a city.
Lord, caste thou doun, departe thou the tungis of hem; for Y siy wickidnesse and ayenseiyng in the citee.
10 By day and by night they go around it, on its walls. Both iniquity and perverseness [are] in its midst,
Bi dai and nyyt wickidnesse schal cumpasse it on the wallis therof;
11 Mischiefs [are] in its midst. Fraud and deceit do not depart from its street.
and trauel and vnriytfulnesse ben in the myddis therof. And vsure and gile failide not; fro the stretis therof.
12 For an enemy does not reproach me, or I bear [it], He who is hating me Has not magnified himself against me, Or I hide from him.
For if myn enemye hadde cursid me; sotheli Y hadde suffride. And if he, that hatide me, hadde spoke greet thingis on me; in hap Y hadde hid me fro hym.
13 But you, a man—as my equal, My familiar friend, and my acquaintance.
But thou art a man of o wille; my leeder, and my knowun.
14 When together we sweeten counsel, We walk into the house of God in company.
Which tokist togidere swete meetis with me; we yeden with consent in the hous of God.
15 Desolations [are] on them, They go down [to] Sheol—alive, For wickedness [is] in their dwelling, in their midst. (Sheol h7585)
Deth come on hem; and go thei doun quyk in to helle. For weiwardnessis ben in the dwelling places of hem; in the myddis of hem. (Sheol h7585)
16 I call to God, and YHWH saves me.
But Y criede to thee, Lord; and the Lord sauede me.
17 Evening, and morning, and noon, I meditate, and make a noise, and He hears my voice,
In the euentid and morewtid and in myddai Y schal telle, and schewe; and he schal here my vois.
18 He has ransomed my soul in peace From him who is near to me, For with the multitude they were with me.
He schal ayenbie my soule in pees fro hem, that neiyen to me; for among manye thei weren with me.
19 God hears and afflicts them, And He sits of old. (Selah) Because they have no changes, and do not fear God,
God schal here; and he that is bifore the worldis schal make hem low. For chaungyng is not to hem, and thei dredden not God;
20 He has sent forth his hands against his well-wishers, He has defiled his covenant.
he holdith forth his hoond in yelding. Thei defouliden his testament,
21 His mouth has been sweeter than honey, And his heart [is] war! His words have been softer than oil, And they [are] drawn [swords].
the cheris therof weren departid fro ire; and his herte neiyede. The wordis therof weren softer than oyle; and tho ben dartis.
22 Cast on YHWH that which He has given you, And He sustains you, He does not permit the moving of the righteous forever.
Caste thi cure on the Lord, and he schal fulli nurische thee; and he schal not yyue with outen ende flotering to a iust man.
23 And You, O God, bring them down To a pit of destruction, Men of blood and deceit do not reach to half their days, And I trust in You!
But thou, God, schalt lede hem forth; in to the pit of deth. Menquelleris and gilours schulen not haue half her daies; but, Lord, Y schal hope in thee.
