Psalms 55
1 `In Ebreu thus, To victorie in orguns, the lernyng of Dauid. `In Jeroms translacioun thus, To the ouercomer in salmes of Dauid lernid. God, here thou my preier, and dispise thou not my biseching;
Unto the end, in verses, understanding for David. Hear, O God, my prayer, and despise not my supplication:
2 yyue thou tent to me, and here thou me. I am sorewful in myn exercising; and Y am disturblid of the face of the enemye,
Be attentive to me and hear me. I am grieved in my exercise; and am troubled,
3 and of the tribulacioun of the synner. For thei bowiden wickidnessis in to me; and in ire thei weren diseseful to me.
At the voice of the enemy, and at the tribulation of the sinner. For they have cast iniquities upon me: and in wrath they were troublesome to me.
4 Myn herte was disturblid in me; and the drede of deth felde on me.
My heart is troubled within me: and the fear of death is fallen upon me.
5 Drede and trembling camen on me; and derknessis hiliden me.
Fear and trembling are come upon me: and darkness hath covered me.
6 And Y seide, Who schal yyue to me fetheris, as of a culuer; and Y schal fle, and schal take rest?
And I said: Who will give me wings like a dove, and I will fly and be at rest?
7 Lo! Y yede fer awei, and fledde; and Y dwellide in wildirnesse.
Lo, I have gone far off flying away; and I abode in the wilderness.
8 I abood hym, that made me saaf fro the litilnesse, `ether drede, of spirit; and fro tempest.
I waited for him that hath saved me from pusillanimity of spirit, and a storm.
9 Lord, caste thou doun, departe thou the tungis of hem; for Y siy wickidnesse and ayenseiyng in the citee.
Cast down, O Lord, and divide their tongues; for I have seen iniquity and contradiction in the city.
10 Bi dai and nyyt wickidnesse schal cumpasse it on the wallis therof;
Day and night shall iniquity surround it upon its walls: and in the midst thereof are labour,
11 and trauel and vnriytfulnesse ben in the myddis therof. And vsure and gile failide not; fro the stretis therof.
And injustice. And usury and deceit have not departed from its streets.
12 For if myn enemye hadde cursid me; sotheli Y hadde suffride. And if he, that hatide me, hadde spoke greet thingis on me; in hap Y hadde hid me fro hym.
For if my enemy had reviled me, I would verily have borne with it. And if he that hated me had spoken great things against me, I would perhaps have hidden myself from him.
13 But thou art a man of o wille; my leeder, and my knowun.
But thou a man of one mind, my guide, and my familiar,
14 Which tokist togidere swete meetis with me; we yeden with consent in the hous of God.
Who didst take sweetmeats together with me: in the house of God we walked with consent.
15 Deth come on hem; and go thei doun quyk in to helle. For weiwardnessis ben in the dwelling places of hem; in the myddis of hem. (Sheol h7585)
Let death come upon them, and let them go down alive into hell. For there is wickedness in their dwellings: in the midst of them. (Sheol h7585)
16 But Y criede to thee, Lord; and the Lord sauede me.
But I have cried to God: and the Lord will save me.
17 In the euentid and morewtid and in myddai Y schal telle, and schewe; and he schal here my vois.
Evening and morning, and at noon I will speak and declare: and he shall hear my voice.
18 He schal ayenbie my soule in pees fro hem, that neiyen to me; for among manye thei weren with me.
He shall redeem my soul in peace from them that draw near to me: for among many they were with me.
19 God schal here; and he that is bifore the worldis schal make hem low. For chaungyng is not to hem, and thei dredden not God;
God shall hear, and the Eternal shall humble them. For there is no change with them, and they have not feared God:
20 he holdith forth his hoond in yelding. Thei defouliden his testament,
He hath stretched forth his hand to repay. They have defiled his covenant,
21 the cheris therof weren departid fro ire; and his herte neiyede. The wordis therof weren softer than oyle; and tho ben dartis.
They are divided by the wrath Of his countenance, and his heart hath drawn near. His words are smoother than oil, and the same are darts.
22 Caste thi cure on the Lord, and he schal fulli nurische thee; and he schal not yyue with outen ende flotering to a iust man.
Cast thy care upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall not suffer the just to waver for ever.
23 But thou, God, schalt lede hem forth; in to the pit of deth. Menquelleris and gilours schulen not haue half her daies; but, Lord, Y schal hope in thee.
But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee, O Lord.
