Psalms 64

1 [For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.] Hear my voice, God, in my complaint. Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

`In Ebrewe thus, To the victorie, the salm of Dauid. `In Jerom `thus, To the ouercomer, the song of Dauid. God, here thou my preier, whanne Y biseche; delyuere thou my soule fro the drede of the enemy.

2 Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from the noisy crowd of the ones doing evil;

Thou hast defendid me fro the couent of yuele doers; fro the multitude of hem that worchen wickidnesse.

3 who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,

For thei scharpiden her tungis as a swerd, thei benten a bowe, a bittir thing;

4 to shoot innocent men from ambushes. They shoot at him suddenly and fearlessly.

for to schete in priuetees hym that is vnwemmed.

5 They encourage themselves in evil plans. They talk about laying snares secretly. They say, "Who will see them?"

Sodeynli thei schulen schete hym, and thei schulen not drede; thei maden stidefast to hem silf a wickid word. Thei telden, that thei schulden hide snaris; thei seiden, Who schal se hem?

6 They plot injustice; they hide a well-conceived plan. Surely man's mind and heart are cunning.

Thei souyten wickidnessis; thei souyten, and failiden in sekinge. A man neiyhe to deep herte;

7 But God will shoot at them. They will be suddenly struck down with an arrow.

and God schal be enhaunsid. The arowis of `litle men ben maad the woundis of hem;

8 Their own tongues shall ruin them. All who see them will shake their heads.

and the tungis of hem ben maad sijk ayens hem. Alle men ben disturblid, that sien hem;

9 All humankind shall be afraid. They shall declare the work of God, and shall wisely ponder what he has done.

and ech man dredde. And thei telden the werkis of God; and vndurstoden the dedis of God.

10 The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall take refuge in him. All the upright in heart shall praise him.

The iust man schal be glad in the Lord, and schal hope in hym; and alle men of riytful herte schulen be preisid.