Psalms 31

1 To victorie, the salm of Dauid. Lord, Y hopide in thee, be Y not schent with outen ende; delyuere thou me in thi riytfulnesse.

TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF DAVID. In You, O YHWH, I have trusted, Do not let me be ashamed for all time, In Your righteousness deliver me.

2 Bouwe doun thin eere to me; haaste thou to delyuere me. Be thou to me in to God defendere, and in to an hows of refuyt; that thou make me saaf.

Incline Your ear to me quickly, deliver me, Be to me for a strong rock, For a house of bulwarks to save me.

3 For thou art my strengthe and my refuyt; and for thi name thou schalt lede me forth, and schalt nurische me.

For You [are] my rock and my bulwark, For Your Name’s sake lead me and tend me.

4 Thou schalt lede me out of the snare, which thei hidden to me; for thou art my defendere.

Bring me out from the net that they hid for me, For You [are] my strength.

5 I bitake my spirit in to thin hondis; Lord God of treuthe, thou hast ayen bouyt me.

Into Your hand I commit my spirit, You have redeemed me, YHWH God of truth.

6 Thou hatist hem that kepen vanytees superfluli.

I have hated the observers of lying vanities, And I have been confident toward YHWH.

7 Forsothe Y hopide in the Lord; Y schal haue fulli ioie, and schal be glad in thi merci. For thou byheldist my mekenesse; thou sauedist my lijf fro nedis.

I rejoice, and am glad in Your kindness, In that You have seen my affliction, You have known my soul in adversities.

8 And thou closidist not me togidere withynne the hondis of the enemy; thou hast sett my feet in a large place.

And You have not shut me up, Into the hand of an enemy, You have caused my feet to stand in a broad place.

9 Lord, haue thou merci on me, for Y am troblid; myn iye is troblid in ire, my soule and my wombe `ben troblid.

Favor me, O YHWH, for distress [is] to me, My eye, my soul, and my body Have become old by provocation.

10 For whi my lijf failide in sorewe; and my yeeris in weilynges. Mi vertu is maad feble in pouert; and my boonys ben disturblid.

For my life has been consumed in sorrow And my years in sighing. My strength has been feeble because of my iniquity, And my bones have become old.

11 Ouer alle myn enemyes Y am maad schenship greetli to my neiyboris; and drede to my knowun. Thei that sien me with outforth, fledden fro me; Y am youun to foryetyng,

I have been a reproach among all my adversaries, And to my neighbors exceedingly, And a fear to my acquaintances, Those seeing me without—fled from me.

12 as a deed man fro herte. I am maad as a lorun vessel;

I have been forgotten as dead, out of mind, I have been as a perishing vessel.

13 for Y herde dispisyng of many men dwellynge in cumpas. In that thing the while thei camen togidere ayens me; thei counceliden to take my lijf.

For I have heard an evil account of many, Fear [is] all around. In their being united against me, They have devised to take my life,

14 But, Lord, Y hopide in thee; Y seide, Thou art my God; my tymes ben in thin hondis.

And I have trusted on You, O YHWH, I have said, “You [are] my God.”

15 Delyuer thou me fro the hondis of mynen enemyes; and fro hem that pursuen me.

In Your hand [are] my times, Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, And from my pursuers.

16 Make thou cleer thi face on thi seruaunt; Lord, make thou me saaf in thi merci;

Cause Your face to shine on Your servant, Save me in Your kindness.

17 be Y not schent, for Y inwardli clepide thee. Unpitouse men be aschamed, and be led forth in to helle; (Sheol h7585)

O YHWH, do not let me be ashamed, For I have called You, let the wicked be ashamed, Let them become silent to Sheol. (Sheol h7585)

18 gileful lippys be maad doumbe. That speken wickidnesse ayens a iust man; in pride, and in mysusyng.

Let lips of falsehood become mute, That are speaking against the righteous, Ancient sayings, in pride and contempt.

19 Lord, the multitude of thi swetnesse is ful greet; which thou hast hid to men dredynge thee. Thou hast maad a perfit thing to hem, that hopen in thee; in the siyt of the sones of men.

How abundant is Your goodness, That You have laid up for those fearing You, You have worked for those trusting in You, Before sons of men.

20 Thou schalt hide hem in the priuyte of thi face; fro disturblyng of men. Thou schalt defende hem in thi tabernacle; fro ayenseiyng of tungis.

You hide them in the secret place of Your presence, From schemes of man, You conceal them in a dwelling place, From the strife of tongues.

21 Blessid be the Lord; for he hath maad wondurful his merci to me in a strengthid citee.

Blessed [is] YHWH, For He has made His kindness marvelous To me in a city of bulwarks.

22 Forsothe Y seide in the passyng of my soule; Y am cast out fro the face of thin iyen. Therfor thou herdist the vois of my preier; while Y criede to thee.

And I have said in my haste, “I have been cut off from before Your eyes,” But You have heard the voice of my supplications, In my crying to You.

23 Alle ye hooli men of the Lord, loue hym; for the Lord schal seke treuthe, and he schal yelde plenteuousli to hem that doen pride.

Love YHWH, all you His saints, YHWH is keeping the faithful, And repaying a proud doer abundantly.

24 Alle ye that hopen in the Lord, do manli; and youre herte be coumfortid.

Be strong, and He strengthens your heart, All you who are waiting for YHWH!