Psalms 86
1 “A prayer of David.” Incline thine ear, O LORD! and hear me, For I am poor and distressed!
The preier of Dauid. Lord, bowe doun thin eere, and here me; for Y am nedi and pore.
2 Preserve my life, for I am devoted to thee! Save, O thou my God! thy servant who trusteth in thee!
Kepe thou my lijf, for Y am holi; my God, make thou saaf thi seruaunt hopynge in thee.
3 Have pity upon me, O Lord! For to thee do I cry daily!
Lord, haue thou merci on me, for Y criede al day to thee;
4 Revive the soul of thy servant, For to thee, O Lord! do I lift up my soul!
make thou glad the soule of thi seruaunt, for whi, Lord, Y haue reisid my soule to thee.
5 For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; Yea, rich in mercy to all that call upon thee!
For thou, Lord, art swete and mylde; and of myche merci to alle men inwardli clepynge thee.
6 Give ear, O LORD! to my prayer, And attend to the voice of my supplication!
Lord, perseyue thou my preier with eeris; and yyue thou tente to the vois of my bisechyng.
7 In the day of my trouble I call upon thee, For thou dost answer me!
In the dai of my tribulacioun Y criede to thee; for thou herdist me.
8 Among the gods there is none like thee, O Lord! And there are no works like thy works!
Lord, noon among goddis is lijk thee; and noon is euene to thi werkis.
9 All the nations which thou hast made must come and worship before thee, O Lord! And glorify 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 wondrous are thy works; Thou alone art God!
For thou art ful greet, and makinge merueils; thou art God aloone.
11 Teach me, O LORD! thy way, That I may walk in thy truth; Unite all 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 praise thee, O Lord, my God! with my whole heart; I will give glory to thy name for ever!
Mi Lord God, Y schal knouleche to thee in al myn herte; and Y schal glorifie thi name withouten ende.
13 For thy kindness to me hath been great; Thou hast delivered me from the depths of the underworld! (Sheol h7585)
For thi merci is greet on me; and thou deliueridist my soule fro the lower helle. (Sheol h7585)
14 O God! the proud have risen against me; Bands of cruel men seek my life, And set not thee before their eyes.
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 a God full of compassion and kindness, Long-suffering, rich in mercy and truth!
And thou, Lord God, doynge merci, and merciful; pacient, and of myche merci, and sothefast.
16 Look upon me, and have compassion upon me! Give thy strength to 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 Show me a token for good, That my enemies may see it and be confounded; Because thou, O LORD! helpest and comfortest 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.
