Psalms 140
1 To victorie, the salm of Dauith. Lord, delyuere thou me fro an yuel man; delyuere thou me fro a wickid man.
To him that excelleth. A Psalme of David. Deliuer me, O Lord, from the euill man: preserue me from the cruel man:
2 Whiche thouyten wickidnesses in the herte; al dai thei ordeyneden batels.
Which imagine euill things in their heart, and make warre continually.
3 Thei scharpiden her tungis as serpentis; the venym of snakis vndir the lippis of hem.
They haue sharpened their tongues like a serpent: adders poyson is vnder their lips. (Selah)
4 Lord, kepe thou me fro the hond of the synnere; and delyuere thou me fro wickid men. Which thouyten to disseyue my goyngis;
Keepe mee, O Lord, from the handes of the wicked: preserue mee from the cruell man, which purposeth to cause my steppes to slide.
5 proude men hidden a snare to me. And thei leiden forth cordis in to a snare; thei settiden sclaundir to me bisidis the weie.
The proude haue layde a snare for me, and spred a nette with cordes in my pathway, and set grennes for me. (Selah)
6 I seide to the Lord, Thou art mi God; Lord, here thou the vois of my biseching.
Therefore I saide vnto the Lord, Thou art my God: heare, O Lord, the voyce of my prayers.
7 Lord, Lord, the vertu of myn heelthe; thou madist schadowe on myn heed in the dai of batel.
O Lord God the strength of my saluation, thou hast couered mine head in the day of battel.
8 Lord, bitake thou not me fro my desire to the synnere; thei thouyten ayens me, forsake thou not me, lest perauenture thei ben enhaunsid.
Let not the wicked haue his desire, O Lord: performe not his wicked thought, least they be proude. (Selah)
9 The heed of the cumpas of hem; the trauel of her lippis schal hile hem.
As for the chiefe of them, that compasse me about, let the mischiefe of their owne lippes come vpon them.
10 Colis schulen falle on hem, thou schalt caste hem doun in to fier; in wretchidnessis thei schulen not stonde.
Let coles fal vpon them: let him cast them into the fire, and into the deepe pits, that they rise not.
11 A man a greet ianglere schal not be dressid in erthe; yuels schulen take an vniust man in perisching.
For the backbiter shall not be established vpon the earth: euill shall hunt the cruell man to destruction.
12 I haue knowe, that the Lord schal make dom of a nedi man; and the veniaunce of pore men.
I know that the Lord will auenge the afflicted, and iudge the poore.
13 Netheles iust men schulen knouleche to thi name; and riytful men schulen dwelle with thi cheer.
Surely the righteous shall prayse thy Name, and the iust shall dwell in thy presence.
