Psalms 17
1 The preier of Dauid. Lord, here thou my riytfulnesse; biholde thou my preier. Perseuye thou with eeris my preier; not maad in gileful lippis.
Hear the right, O LORD, attend to my cry, give ear to my prayer, that goes not out of feigned lips.
2 Mi doom come `forth of thi cheer; thin iyen se equite.
Let my sentence come forth from your presence; let your eyes behold the things that are equal.
3 Thou hast preued myn herte, and hast visitid in niyt; thou hast examynyd me bi fier, and wickidnesse is not foundun in me.
You have proved my heart; you have visited me in the night; you have tried me, and shall find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
4 That my mouth speke not the werkis of men; for the wordis of thi lippis Y haue kept harde weies.
Concerning the works of men, by the word of your lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
5 Make thou perfit my goyngis in thi pathis; that my steppis be not moued.
Hold up my goings in your paths, that my footsteps slip not.
6 I criede, for thou, God, herdist me; bowe doun thin eere to me, and here thou my wordis.
I have called on you, for you will hear me, O God: incline your ear to me, and hear my speech.
7 Make wondurful thi mercies; that makist saaf `men hopynge in thee.
Show your marvelous loving kindness, O you that save by your right hand them which put their trust in you from those that rise up against them.
8 Kepe thou me as the appil of the iye; fro `men ayenstondynge thi riyt hond. Keuere thou me vndur the schadewe of thi wyngis;
Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of your wings,
9 fro the face of vnpitouse men, that han turmentid me. Myn enemyes han cumpassid my soule;
From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.
10 thei han closide togidere her fatnesse; the mouth of hem spak pride.
They are enclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
11 Thei castiden me forth, and han cumpassid me now; thei ordeyneden to bowe doun her iyen in to erthe.
They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;
12 Thei, as a lioun maad redi to prey, han take me; and as the whelp of a lioun dwellynge in hid places.
Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
13 Lord, rise thou vp, bifor come thou hym, and disseyue thou hym; delyuere thou my lijf fro the `vnpitouse,
Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is your sword:
14 delyuere thou thi swerd fro the enemyes of thin hond. Lord, departe thou hem fro a fewe men of `the lond in the lijf of hem; her wombe is fillid of thin hid thingis. Thei ben fillid with sones; and thei leften her relifis to her litle children.
From men which are your hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly you fill with your hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
15 But Y in riytfulnesse schal appere to thi siyt; Y schal be fillid, whanne thi glorie schal appere.
As for me, I will behold your face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with your likeness.
