Psalms 94
1 God of vengeance—YHWH! God of vengeance, shine forth.
God is Lord of veniauncis; God of veniauncis dide freli.
2 Be lifted up, judging the earth, Send back a repayment on the proud.
Be thou enhaunsid that demest the erthe; yelde thou yeldinge to proude men.
3 Until when do the wicked, O YHWH—Until when do the wicked exult?
Lord, hou longe synneris; hou longe schulen synneris haue glorie?
4 They utter—they speak arrogance, All working iniquity boast [about] themselves.
Thei schulen telle out, and schulen speke wickidnesse; alle men schulen speke that worchen vnriytfulnesse.
5 Your people, O YHWH, they bruise, And they afflict Your inheritance.
Lord, thei han maad lowe thi puple; and thei han disesid thin eritage.
6 They slay widow and sojourner, And they murder fatherless ones.
Thei killiden a widowe and a comelyng; and thei han slayn fadirles children and modirles.
7 And they say, “YAH does not see, And the God of Jacob does not consider.”
And thei seiden, The Lord schal not se; and God of Jacob schal not vndurstonde.
8 Consider, you brutish among the people, And you foolish, when do you act wisely?
Ye vnwise men in the puple, vndirstonde; and, ye foolis, lerne sum tyme.
9 He who plants the ear, does He not hear? He who forms the eye, does He not see?
Schal not he here, that plauntide the eere; ethere biholdith not he, that made the iye?
10 He who is instructing nations, does He not reprove? He who is teaching man knowledge [is] YHWH.
Schal not he repreue, that chastisith folkis; which techith man kunnyng?
11 He knows the thoughts of man, that they [are] vanity.
The Lord knowith the thouytis of men; that tho ben veyne.
12 O the blessedness of the man Whom You instruct, O YAH, And teach him out of Your law,
Blessid is the man, whom thou, Lord, hast lerned; and hast tauyt him of thi lawe.
13 To give rest to him from days of evil, While a pit is dug for the wicked.
That thou aswage hym fro yuele daies; til a diche be diggid to the synner.
14 For YHWH does not leave His people, And does not forsake His inheritance.
For the Lord schal not putte awei his puple; and he schal not forsake his eritage.
15 For judgment turns back to righteousness, And after it all the upright of heart.
Til riytfulnesse be turned in to dom; and who ben niy it, alle that ben of riytful herte.
16 Who rises up for me with evildoers? Who stations himself for me with workers of iniquity?
Who schal rise with me ayens mysdoeris; ether who schal stonde with me ayens hem that worchen wickidnesse?
17 Unless YHWH [were] a help to me, My soul had almost inhabited silence.
No but for the Lord helpide me; almest my soule hadde dwellid in helle.
18 If I have said, “My foot has slipped,” Your kindness, O YHWH, supports me.
If Y seide, My foot was stirid; Lord, thi merci helpide me.
19 In the abundance of my thoughts within me, Your comforts delight my soul.
Aftir the multitude of my sorewis in myn herte; thi coumfortis maden glad my soule.
20 Is a throne of mischief joined [with] You? A framer of perverseness by statute?
Whether the seete of wickidnesse cleueth to thee; that makist trauel in comaundement?
21 They decree against the soul of the righteous, And declare innocent blood wicked.
Thei schulen take ayens the soule of a iust man; and thei schulen condempne innocent blood.
22 And YHWH is for a high place to me, And my God [is] for a rock—my refuge,
And the Lord was maad to me in to refuyt; and my God was maad in to the help of myn hope.
23 And He turns back their iniquity on them, And in their wickedness cuts them off; Our God YHWH cuts them off!
And he schal yelde to hem the wickidnesse of hem; and in the malice of hem he schal lese hem, oure Lord God schal lese hem.
