Psalms 56

1 TO THE OVERSEER. [SET] ON “A SILENT DOVE FAR OFF.” A MIKTAM OF DAVID, IN THE PHILISTINES’ TAKING HOLD OF HIM IN GATH. Favor me, O God, for man swallowed me up, All the day fighting he oppresses me,

`In Ebreu thus, To the ouercomyng on the doumb culuer of fer drawing awei, the comely song of Dauid, whanne Filisteis helden hym in Geth. `In Jeroms translacioun thus, To the ouercomer for the doumb culuer, for it yede awei fer. Dauid meke and symple made this salm, whanne Palesteyns helden hym in Geth. God, haue thou merci on me, for a man hath defoulid me; al dai he impugnyde, and troublide me.

2 My enemies have swallowed up all the day, For many [are] fighting against me, O Most High,

Myn enemyes defouliden me al dai; for manye fiyteris weren ayens me.

3 [In] the day I am afraid I am confident toward You.

Of the hiynesse of dai Y schal drede; but God Y schal hope in thee.

4 In God I praise His word, in God I have trusted, I do not fear what flesh does to me.

In God Y schal preise my wordis; Y hopide in God, Y schal not drede what thing fleisch schal do to me.

5 All the day they wrest my words, All their thoughts [are] for evil concerning me,

Al dai thei cursiden my wordis; ayens me alle her thouytis weren in to yuel.

6 They assemble, they hide, they watch my heels, When they have expected my soul.

Thei schulen dwelle, and schulen hide; thei schulen aspie myn heele.

7 They escape by iniquity, In anger put down the peoples, O God.

As thei abiden my lijf, for nouyt schalt thou make hem saaf; in ire thou schalt breke togidre puplis.

8 You have counted my wandering, You place my tear in Your bottle, Are they not in Your scroll?

God, Y schewide my lijf to thee; thou hast set my teeris in thi siyt. As and in thi biheest, Lord;

9 Then turn back my enemies in the day I call. This I have known, that God [is] for me.

thanne myn enemyes schulen be turned abak. In what euere dai Y schal inwardli clepe thee; lo! Y haue knowe, that thou art my God.

10 In God I praise the word, In YHWH I praise the word.

In God Y schal preise a word; in the Lord Y schal preyse a word.

11 In God I trusted, I do not fear what man does to me,

Y schal hope in God; Y schal not drede what thing a man schal do to me.

12 On me, O God, [are] Your vows, I repay thank-offerings to You.

God, thin auowis ben in me; whiche Y schal yelde heriyngis to thee.

13 For You have delivered my soul from death, Do You not [keep] my feet from falling? To habitually walk before God in the light of the living!

For thou hast delyuerid my lijf fro deth, and my feet fro slidyng; that Y pleese bifore God in the liyt of hem that lyuen.