Psalms 27
1 To Dauid. The Lord is my liytnyng, and myn helthe; whom schal Y drede? The Lord is defendere of my lijf; for whom schal Y tremble?
[A Psalm] of David. The LORD [is] my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD [is] the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
2 The while noiful men neiyen on me; for to ete my fleischis. Myn enemyes, that trobliden me; thei weren maad sijk and felden doun.
When the wicked, [even] my enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
3 Thouy castels stonden togidere ayens me; myn herte schal not drede. Thouy batel risith ayens me; in this thing Y schal haue hope.
Though a host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this [will] I [be] confident.
4 I axide of the Lord o thing; Y schal seke this thing; that Y dwelle in the hows of the Lord alle the daies of my lijf. That Y se the wille of the Lord; and that Y visite his temple.
One [thing] have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple.
5 For he hidde me in his tabernacle in the dai of yuelis; he defendide me in the hid place of his tabernacle.
For in the time of trouble he will hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle will he hide me; he will set me up upon a rock.
6 He enhaunside me in a stoon; and now he enhaunside myn heed ouer myn enemyes. I cumpasside, and offride in his tabernacle a sacrifice of criyng; Y schal synge, and Y schal seie salm to the Lord.
And now shall my head be lifted above my enemies around me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the LORD.
7 Lord, here thou my vois, bi which Y criede to thee; haue thou merci on me, and here me.
Hear, O LORD, [when] I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
8 Myn herte seide to thee, My face souyte thee; Lord, Y schal seke eft thi face.
[When thou saidst], Seek ye my face; my heart said to thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.
9 Turne thou not awei thi face fro me; bouwe thou not awei in ire fro thi seruaunt. Lord, be thou myn helpere, forsake thou not me; and, God, myn helthe, dispise thou not me.
Hide not thy face from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
10 For my fadir and my modir han forsake me; but the Lord hath take me.
When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.
11 Lord, sette thou a lawe to me in thi weie; and dresse thou me in thi path for myn enemyes.
Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of my enemies.
12 Bitake thou not me in to the soules of hem, that troblen me; for wickid witnessis han rise ayens me, and wickydnesse liede to it silf.
Deliver me not over to the will of my enemies: for false witnesses have risen against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
13 I bileue to see the goodis of the Lord; in the lond of `hem that lyuen.
[I had fainted], unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
14 Abide thou the Lord, do thou manli; and thin herte be coumfortid, and suffre thou the Lord.
Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he will strengthen thy heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
