Psalms 34
1 To Dauid, whanne he chaungide his mouth bifor Abymalech, and he `droof out Dauid, `and he yede forth. I schal blesse the Lord in al tyme; euere his heriyng is in my mouth.
[A Psalm] of David, when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed. I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise [shall] continually [be] in my mouth.
2 Mi soule schal be preisid in the Lord; mylde men here, and be glad.
My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear [thereof], and be glad.
3 Magnyfie ye the Lord with me; and enhaunse we his name into it silf.
O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.
4 I souyte the Lord, and he herde me; and he delyueride me fro alle my tribulaciouns.
I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
5 Neiye ye to him, and be ye liytned; and youre faces schulen not be schent.
They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.
6 This pore man criede, and the Lord herde hym; and sauyde hym fro alle hise tribulaciouns.
This poor man cried, and the LORD heard [him], and saved him out of all his troubles.
7 The aungel of the Lord sendith in the cumpas of men dredynge hym; and he schal delyuere hem.
The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.
8 Taaste ye, and se, for the Lord is swete; blessid is the man, that hopith in hym.
O taste and see that the LORD [is] good: blessed [is] the man [that] trusteth in him.
9 Alle ye hooli men of the Lord, drede hym; for no nedynesse is to men dredynge hym.
O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for [there is] no want to them that fear him.
10 Riche men weren nedi, and weren hungri; but men that seken the Lord schulen not faile of al good.
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good [thing].
11 Come, ye sones, here ye me; Y schal teche you the drede of the Lord.
Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
12 Who is a man, that wole lijf; loueth to se good daies?
What man [is he that] desireth life, [and] loveth [many] days, that he may see good?
13 Forbede thi tunge fro yuel; and thi lippis speke not gile.
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
14 Turne thou awei fro yuel, and do good; seke thou pees, and perfitli sue thou it.
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
15 The iyen of the Lord ben on iust men; and hise eeren ben to her preiers.
The eyes of the LORD [are] upon the righteous, and his ears [are open] unto their cry.
16 But the cheer of the Lord is on men doynge yuels; that he leese the mynde of hem fro erthe.
The face of the LORD [is] against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
17 Just men cryeden, and the Lord herde hem; and delyueride hem fro alle her tribulaciouns.
[The righteous] cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
18 The Lord is nyy hem that ben of troblid herte; and he schal saue meke men in spirit.
The LORD [is] nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
19 Many tribulaciouns ben of iust men; and the Lord schal delyuere hem fro alle these.
Many [are] the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
20 The Lord kepith alle the boonys of hem; oon of tho schal not be brokun.
He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.
21 The deth of synneris is werst; and thei that haten a iust man schulen trespasse.
Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.
22 The Lord schal ayenbie the soulis of hise seruauntis; and alle, that hopen in him, schulen not trespasse.
The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.
