Psalms 19
1 To victorie, the salm of Dauid. Heuenes tellen out the glorie of God; and the firmament tellith the werkis of hise hondis.
To the Overseer. — A Psalm of David. The heavens [are] recounting the honour of God, And the work of His hands The expanse [is] declaring.
2 The dai tellith out to the dai a word; and the nyyt schewith kunnyng to the nyyt.
Day to day uttereth speech, And night to night sheweth knowledge.
3 No langagis ben, nether wordis; of whiche the voices of hem ben not herd.
There is no speech, and there are no words. Their voice hath not been heard.
4 The soun of hem yede out in to al erthe; and the wordis of hem `yeden out in to the endis of the world.
Into all the earth hath their line gone forth, And to the end of the world their sayings, For the sun He placed a tent in them,
5 In the sunne he hath set his tabernacle; and he as a spouse comynge forth of his chaumbre. He fulli ioyede, as a giaunt, to renne his weie;
And he, as a bridegroom, goeth out from his covering, He rejoiceth as a mighty one To run the path.
6 his goynge out was fro hiyeste heuene. And his goyng ayen was to the hiyeste therof; and noon is that hidith hym silf fro his heet.
From the end of the heavens [is] his going out, And his revolution [is] unto their ends, And nothing is hid from his heat.
7 The lawe of the Lord is with out wem, and conuertith soulis; the witnessyng of the Lord is feithful, and yyueth wisdom to litle children.
The law of Jehovah [is] perfect, refreshing the soul, The testimonies of Jehovah [are] stedfast, Making wise the simple,
8 The riytfulnessis of the Lord ben riytful, gladdynge hertis; the comaundement of the Lord is cleere, liytnynge iyen.
The precepts of Jehovah [are] upright, Rejoicing the heart, The command of Jehovah [is] pure, enlightening the eyes,
9 The hooli drede of the Lord dwellith in to world of world; the domes of the Lord ben trewe, iustified in to hem silf.
The fear of Jehovah [is] clean, standing to the age, The judgments of Jehovah [are] true, They have been righteous — together.
10 Desirable more than gold, and a stoon myche preciouse; and swettere than hony and honycoomb.
They are more desirable than gold, Yea, than much fine gold; and sweeter than honey, Even liquid honey of the comb.
11 `Forwhi thi seruaunt kepith thoo; myche yeldyng is in tho to be kept.
Also — Thy servant is warned by them, 'In keeping them [is] a great reward.'
12 Who vndurstondith trespassis? make thou me cleene fro my priuy synnes;
Errors! who doth understand? From hidden ones declare me innocent,
13 and of alien synnes spare thi seruaunt. `If the forseid defautis ben not, Lord, of me, than Y schal be with out wem; and Y schal be clensid of the mooste synne.
Also — from presumptuous ones keep back Thy servant, Let them not rule over me, Then am I perfect, And declared innocent of much transgression,
14 And the spechis of my mouth schulen be, that tho plese; and the thenkynge of myn herte euere in thi siyt. Lord, myn helpere; and myn ayenbiere.
Let the sayings of my mouth, And the meditation of my heart, Be for a pleasing thing before Thee, O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer!
