Psalms 50
1 The salm of Asaph. God, the Lord of goddis, spak; and clepide the erthe,
A Psalm by Asaph. The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, speaks, and calls the earth from sunrise to sunset.
2 fro the risynge of the sunne til to the goyng doun. The schap of his fairnesse fro Syon,
Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines out.
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.
Our God comes, and does not keep silent. A fire devours before him. It is very stormy around him.
4 He clepide heuene aboue; and the erthe, to deme his puple.
He calls to the heavens above, to the earth, that he may judge his people:
5 Gadere ye to hym hise seyntis; that ordeynen his testament aboue sacrifices.
“Gather my saints together to me, those who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”
6 `And heuenes schulen schewe his riytfulnesse; for God is the iuge.
The heavens shall declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge. (Selah)
7 Mi puple, here thou, and Y schal speke to Israel; and Y schal witnesse to thee, Y am God, thi God.
“Hear, my people, and I will speak. Israel, I will testify against you. I am God, your God.
8 I schal not repreue thee in thi sacrifices; and thi brent sacrifices ben euere bifor me.
I don’t rebuke you for your sacrifices. Your burnt offerings are continually before me.
9 I schal not take calues of thin hows; nethir geet buckis of thi flockis.
I have no need for a bull from your stall, nor male goats from your pens.
10 For alle the wyelde beestis of wodis ben myne; werk beestis, and oxis in hillis.
For every animal of the forest is mine, and the livestock on a thousand hills.
11 I haue knowe alle the volatils of heuene; and the fairnesse of the feeld is with me.
I know all the birds of the mountains. The wild animals of the field are mine.
12 If Y schal be hungry, Y schal not seie to thee; for the world and the fulnesse therof is myn.
If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it.
13 Whether Y schal eete the fleischis of boolis? ethir schal Y drynke the blood of geet buckis?
Will I eat the meat of bulls, or 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 thanksgiving. Pay your 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.
Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”
16 But God seide to the synnere, Whi tellist thou out my riytfulnessis; and takist my testament bi thi mouth?
But to the wicked God says, “What right do you have to declare my statutes, that you have taken my covenant on your lips,
17 Sotheli thou hatidist lore; and hast cast awey my wordis bihynde.
since you hate instruction, and throw my words behind you?
18 If thou siyest a theef, thou `hast runne with hym; and thou settidist thi part with avowtreris.
When you saw a thief, you consented with him, and have participated with adulterers.
19 Thi mouth was plenteuouse of malice; and thi tunge medlide togidere giles.
“You give your mouth to evil. Your tongue frames deceit.
20 Thou sittynge spakist ayens thi brother, and thou settidist sclaundir ayens the sone of thi modir;
You sit and speak against your brother. You slander your own 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.
You have done these things, and I kept silent. You thought that I was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes.
22 Ye that foryeten God, vndurstonde these thingis; lest sum tyme he rauysche, and noon be that schal delyuere.
“Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you into pieces, and there be no one to deliver.
23 The sacrifice of heriyng schal onoure me; and there is the weie, where ynne Y schal schewe to hym the helthe of God.
Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me, and prepares his way so that I will show God’s salvation to him.”
