Psalms 55
1 To the choirmaster with stringed instruments a poem of David. Give ear to! O God prayer my and may not you hide yourself from supplication my.
`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 Pay attention! to me and answer me I am restless in complaint my and I am distraught.
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 From [the] sound of an enemy because of [the] pressure of [the] wicked for they drop on me wickedness and in anger they are hostile to me.
and of the tribulacioun of the synner. For thei bowiden wickidnessis in to me; and in ire thei weren diseseful to me.
4 Heart my it trembles within me and [the] terrors of death they have fallen on me.
Myn herte was disturblid in me; and the drede of deth felde on me.
5 Fear and trembling it comes on me and it has covered me shuddering.
Drede and trembling camen on me; and derknessis hiliden me.
6 And I said who? will he give [will belong] to me wing[s] like dove I want to fly away and I want to settle down.
And Y seide, Who schal yyue to me fetheris, as of a culuer; and Y schal fle, and schal take rest?
7 Here! I want to be far away [surely] to flee I want to lodge in the wilderness (Selah)
Lo! Y yede fer awei, and fledde; and Y dwellide in wildirnesse.
8 I want to make haste a place of escape of me from a wind rushing from a storm.
I abood hym, that made me saaf fro the litilnesse, `ether drede, of spirit; and fro tempest.
9 Confuse O Lord divide tongue their for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
Lord, caste thou doun, departe thou the tungis of hem; for Y siy wickidnesse and ayenseiyng in the citee.
10 By day and night they go around it on walls its and wickedness and trouble [are] in midst its.
Bi dai and nyyt wickidnesse schal cumpasse it on the wallis therof;
11 Destruction [are] in midst its and not it departs from public square its oppression and deceit.
and trauel and vnriytfulnesse ben in the myddis therof. And vsure and gile failide not; fro the stretis therof.
12 For not an enemy he taunts me and I may endure not [one who] hates me on me he magnified himself then I may hide myself 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 And you a man according to value my close friend my and acquaintance my.
But thou art a man of o wille; my leeder, and my knowun.
14 Who together we made sweet counsel in [the] house of God we walked about in a crowd.
Which tokist togidere swete meetis with me; we yeden with consent in the hous of God.
15 (May it deceive death - *Q(K)*) on them may they go down Sheol alive for evil deeds [are] in sojourning-place their in inner being their. (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 to God I will call out and Yahweh he will save me.
But Y criede to thee, Lord; and the Lord sauede me.
17 Evening and morning and noon I will complain and I may murmur and he heard voice my.
In the euentid and morewtid and in myddai Y schal telle, and schewe; and he schal here my vois.
18 He will ransom in peace life my from battle to me for many [people] they are with me.
He schal ayenbie my soule in pees fro hem, that neiyen to me; for among manye thei weren with me.
19 He will hear - God - and he will answer them and [the one who] sits antiquity (Selah) whom not changes [belong] to them and not they 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 stretched out hands his on allies his he violated covenant his.
he holdith forth his hoond in yelding. Thei defouliden his testament,
21 They were smooth - [the] creamy things of mouth his and [was] war heart his they were soft words his more than oil and they [were] 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 Yahweh - burden your and he he will sustain you not he will permit for ever to shake to the righteous.
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 - you will bring down them - to [the] pit of [the] pit people of blood and deceit not they will divide in half days their and I I will 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.
