Psalms 50
1 The salm of Asaph. God, the Lord of goddis, spak; and clepide the erthe,
A Psalm of Asaph. The God of gods — Jehovah — hath spoken, And He calleth to the earth From the rising of the sun unto its going in.
2 fro the risynge of the sunne til to the goyng doun. The schap of his fairnesse fro Syon,
From Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shone.
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 cometh, and is not silent, Fire before Him doth devour, And round about him it hath been very tempestuous.
4 He clepide heuene aboue; and the erthe, to deme his puple.
He doth call unto the heavens from above, And unto the earth, to judge His people.
5 Gadere ye to hym hise seyntis; that ordeynen his testament aboue sacrifices.
Gather ye to Me My saints, Making covenant with Me over a sacrifice.
6 `And heuenes schulen schewe his riytfulnesse; for God is the iuge.
And the heavens 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, O My people, and I speak, O Israel, and I testify against thee, God, thy God [am] I.
8 I schal not repreue thee in thi sacrifices; and thi brent sacrifices ben euere bifor me.
Not for thy sacrifices do I reprove thee, Yea, thy burnt-offerings [Are] before Me continually.
9 I schal not take calues of thin hows; nethir geet buckis of thi flockis.
I take not from thy house a bullock, From thy folds he goats.
10 For alle the wyelde beestis of wodis ben myne; werk beestis, and oxis in hillis.
For Mine [is] every beast of the forest, The cattle on the hills of oxen.
11 I haue knowe alle the volatils of heuene; and the fairnesse of the feeld is with me.
I have known every fowl of the mountains, And the wild beast of the field [is] with Me.
12 If Y schal be hungry, Y schal not seie to thee; for the world and the fulnesse therof is myn.
If I am hungry I tell not to thee, For Mine [is] the world and its fulness.
13 Whether Y schal eete the fleischis of boolis? ethir schal Y drynke the blood of geet buckis?
Do I eat the flesh of bulls, And drink the blood of he-goats?
14 Offre thou to God the sacrifice of heriyng; and yelde thin avowis to the hiyeste God.
Sacrifice to God confession, And complete to the Most High thy vows.
15 And inwardli clepe thou me in the dai of tribulacioun; and Y schal delyuere thee, and thou schalt onoure me.
And call Me in a day of adversity, I deliver thee, and thou honourest Me.
16 But God seide to the synnere, Whi tellist thou out my riytfulnessis; and takist my testament bi thi mouth?
And to the wicked hath God said: What to thee — to recount My statutes? That thou liftest up My covenant on thy mouth?
17 Sotheli thou hatidist lore; and hast cast awey my wordis bihynde.
Yea, thou hast hated instruction, And dost 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 hast seen a thief, Then thou art pleased with him, And with adulterers [is] thy portion.
19 Thi mouth was plenteuouse of malice; and thi tunge medlide togidere giles.
Thy mouth thou hast sent forth with evil, And thy tongue joineth deceit together,
20 Thou sittynge spakist ayens thi brother, and thou settidist sclaundir ayens the sone of thi modir;
Thou sittest, against thy brother thou speakest, Against a son of thy mother givest slander.
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 thou didst, and I kept silent, Thou hast thought that I am like thee, I reprove thee, and set in array before thine eyes.
22 Ye that foryeten God, vndurstonde these thingis; lest sum tyme he rauysche, and noon be that schal delyuere.
Understand this, I pray you, Ye who are forgetting God, Lest I tear, and there is no deliverer.
23 The sacrifice of heriyng schal onoure me; and there is the weie, where ynne Y schal schewe to hym the helthe of God.
He who is sacrificing praise honoureth Me, As to him who maketh a way, I cause him to look on the salvation of God!
