Psalms 94
1 Yahweh, you are able to get revenge [on your enemies]. [So] show them that you are going to punish them!
God is Lord of veniauncis; God of veniauncis dide freli.
2 You are the one who judges all [people on] the earth; [so] arise, and give/punish the proud [leaders of our] people like they deserve.
Be thou enhaunsid that demest the erthe; yelde thou yeldinge to proude men.
3 Yahweh, how long will those wicked [people] be glad/happy? It is not right that [RHQ] they continue being glad!
Lord, hou longe synneris; hou longe schulen synneris haue glorie?
4 They do evil things, and they boast about doing them; how long will they [be allowed to] continue doing that?
Thei schulen telle out, and schulen speke wickidnesse; alle men schulen speke that worchen vnriytfulnesse.
5 Yahweh, [it is as though] those wicked people crush [us], your people; they (oppress/treat cruelly) those who belong to you [DOU].
Lord, thei han maad lowe thi puple; and thei han disesid thin eritage.
6 They murder widows and orphans and people from other countries who [think it is safe to] live in our land.
Thei killiden a widowe and a comelyng; and thei han slayn fadirles children and modirles.
7 Those wicked people say, “Yahweh does not see anything; [so] the God whom those Israelis [worship] does not see [the evil things that we do].”
And thei seiden, The Lord schal not se; and God of Jacob schal not vndurstonde.
8 You evil people [who rule Israel], you are foolish and stupid; when will you become wise [RHQ]?
Ye vnwise men in the puple, vndirstonde; and, ye foolis, lerne sum tyme.
9 God made our ears; so [do you think that] he cannot hear [what you say] [RHQ]? He created our eyes; so do you think that he cannot see [the evil things that you do] [RHQ]?
Schal not he here, that plauntide the eere; ethere biholdith not he, that made the iye?
10 He also scolds [the leaders of other] nations; so do you think that he will not punish [you] [RHQ]? He is the one who knows everything; [so why do you think that he does not know what you do] [RHQ]?
Schal not he repreue, that chastisith folkis; which techith man kunnyng?
11 Yahweh knows [everything] that people are thinking; he knows that what they think ([is useless/vanishes as quickly as]) smoke [MET].
The Lord knowith the thouytis of men; that tho ben veyne.
12 Yahweh, you are pleased with people who [want you to] discipline/correct them, those who [want you to] teach them your laws.
Blessid is the man, whom thou, Lord, hast lerned; and hast tauyt him of thi lawe.
13 When those people have had troubles, you cause those troubles to cease, and some day [it will be as though] you will dig pits for wicked people, and they will fall into those pits [and die].
That thou aswage hym fro yuele daies; til a diche be diggid to the synner.
14 Yahweh will not abandon his people; he will not desert like that those who belong to him [DOU].
For the Lord schal not putte awei his puple; and he schal not forsake his eritage.
15 [Some day] judges will decide matters fairly for people, and all honest/righteous people will be pleased about that.
Til riytfulnesse be turned in to dom; and who ben niy it, alle that ben of riytful herte.
16 But when wicked [people] ([oppressed me/treated me cruelly]), (who defended me?/no one defended me.) [RHQ] No one stood up to testify for me against those evil people [RHQ].
Who schal rise with me ayens mysdoeris; ether who schal stonde with me ayens hem that worchen wickidnesse?
17 If Yahweh had not helped me [at that time], [I would have been executed], [and] my soul/spirit would have gone to the place where [dead people] say nothing.
No but for the Lord helpide me; almest my soule hadde dwellid in helle.
18 I said/thought [to myself], “I am about to die,” but Yahweh, you held me up by faithfully loving me.
If Y seide, My foot was stirid; Lord, thi merci helpide me.
19 Whenever I am very worried, you comfort/encourage me and cause me to be happy.
Aftir the multitude of my sorewis in myn herte; thi coumfortis maden glad my soule.
20 You have nothing to do with wicked judges, who establish laws that allow people to do what is not legal.
Whether the seete of wickidnesse cleueth to thee; that makist trauel in comaundement?
21 They plan to get rid of righteous [people], and they declare that (innocent people/people who have not done what is wrong) must be executed.
Thei schulen take ayens the soule of a iust man; and thei schulen condempne innocent blood.
22 But Yahweh (has become [like] my fortress/protects me) [MET]; my God is [like a huge] rock under which I am protected/safe [MET].
And the Lord was maad to me in to refuyt; and my God was maad in to the help of myn hope.
23 He will punish those wicked leaders in return for the wicked things that they have done, and will get rid of them for the sins that they have committed; [yes], Yahweh our God will (wipe them out/destroy them completely).
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.
