< Psalms 50 >

1 The salm of Asaph. God, the Lord of goddis, spak; and clepide the erthe,
A psalm for Asaph. The God of gods, the Lord hath spoken: and he hath called the earth. From the rising of the sun, to the going down thereof:
2 fro the risynge of the sunne til to the goyng doun. The schap of his fairnesse fro Syon,
Out of Sion the loveliness of his beauty.
3 God schal come opynli; oure God, and he schal not be stille. Fier schal brenne an hiye in his siyt; and a strong tempest in his cumpas.
God shall come manifestly: our God shall come, and shall not keep silence. A fire shall burn before him: and a mighty tempest shall be round about him.
4 He clepide heuene aboue; and the erthe, to deme his puple.
He shall call heaven from above, and the earth, to judge his people.
5 Gadere ye to hym hise seyntis; that ordeynen his testament aboue sacrifices.
Gather ye together his saints to him: who set his covenant before sacrifices.
6 `And heuenes schulen schewe his riytfulnesse; for God is the iuge.
And the heavens shall declare his justice: for God is judge.
7 Mi puple, here thou, and Y schal speke to Israel; and Y schal witnesse to thee, Y am God, thi God.
Hear, O my people, and I will speak: O Israel, and I will testify to thee: I am God, thy God.
8 I schal not repreue thee in thi sacrifices; and thi brent sacrifices ben euere bifor me.
I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices: and thy burnt offerings are always in my sight.
9 I schal not take calues of thin hows; nethir geet buckis of thi flockis.
I will not take calves out of thy house: nor he goats out of thy flocks.
10 For alle the wyelde beestis of wodis ben myne; werk beestis, and oxis in hillis.
For all the beasts of the woods are mine: the cattle on the hills, and the oxen.
11 I haue knowe alle the volatils of heuene; and the fairnesse of the feeld is with me.
I know all the fowls of the air: and with me is the beauty of the field.
12 If Y schal be hungry, Y schal not seie to thee; for the world and the fulnesse therof is myn.
If I should be hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
13 Whether Y schal eete the fleischis of boolis? ethir schal Y drynke the blood of geet buckis?
Shall I eat the flesh of bullocks? or shall I drink the blood of goats?
14 Offre thou to God the sacrifice of heriyng; and yelde thin avowis to the hiyeste God.
Offer to God the sacrifice of praise: and pay thy vows to the most High.
15 And inwardli clepe thou me in the dai of tribulacioun; and Y schal delyuere thee, and thou schalt onoure me.
And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
16 But God seide to the synnere, Whi tellist thou out my riytfulnessis; and takist my testament bi thi mouth?
But to the sinner God hath said: Why dost thou declare my justices, and take my covenant in thy mouth?
17 Sotheli thou hatidist lore; and hast cast awey my wordis bihynde.
Seeing thou hast hated discipline: and hast cast my words behind thee.
18 If thou siyest a theef, thou `hast runne with hym; and thou settidist thi part with avowtreris.
If thou didst see a thief thou didst run with him: and with adulterers thou hast been a partaker.
19 Thi mouth was plenteuouse of malice; and thi tunge medlide togidere giles.
Thy mouth hath abounded with evil, and thy tongue framed deceits.
20 Thou sittynge spakist ayens thi brother, and thou settidist sclaundir ayens the sone of thi modir;
Sitting thou didst speak against thy brother, and didst lay a scandal against thy mother’s son:
21 thou didist these thingis, and Y was stille. Thou gessidist wickidli, that Y schal be lijk thee; Y schal repreue thee, and Y schal sette ayens thi face.
These things hast thou done, and I was silent. Thou thoughtest unjustly that I should be like to thee: but I will reprove thee, and set before thy face.
22 Ye that foryeten God, vndurstonde these thingis; lest sum tyme he rauysche, and noon be that schal delyuere.
Understand these things, you that forget God; lest he snatch you away, and there be none to deliver you.
23 The sacrifice of heriyng schal onoure me; and there is the weie, where ynne Y schal schewe to hym the helthe of God.
The sacrifice of praise shall glorify me: and there is the way by which I will shew him the salvation of God.

< Psalms 50 >