Psalms 56

1 `In Ebreu thus, To the ouercomyng on the doumb culuer of fer drawing awei, the comely song of Dauid, whanne Filisteis helden hym in Geth. `In Jeroms translacioun thus, To the ouercomer for the doumb culuer, for it yede awei fer. Dauid meke and symple made this salm, whanne Palesteyns helden hym in Geth. God, haue thou merci on me, for a man hath defoulid me; al dai he impugnyde, and troublide me.

For the Chief Musician; set to Jonath elem rehokim. [A Psalm] of David. Michtam; when the Philistines took him in Gath. Be merciful unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up: All the day long he fighting oppresseth me.

2 Myn enemyes defouliden me al dai; for manye fiyteris weren ayens me.

Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long; For they are many that fight proudly against me.

3 Of the hiynesse of dai Y schal drede; but God Y schal hope in thee.

What time I am afraid, I will put my trust in thee.

4 In God Y schal preise my wordis; Y hopide in God, Y schal not drede what thing fleisch schal do to me.

In God (I will praise his word), In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; What can flesh do unto me?

5 Al dai thei cursiden my wordis; ayens me alle her thouytis weren in to yuel.

All the day long they wrest my words: All their thoughts are against me for evil.

6 Thei schulen dwelle, and schulen hide; thei schulen aspie myn heele.

They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, They mark my steps, Even as they have waited for my soul.

7 As thei abiden my lijf, for nouyt schalt thou make hem saaf; in ire thou schalt breke togidre puplis.

Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, O God.

8 God, Y schewide my lijf to thee; thou hast set my teeris in thi siyt. As and in thi biheest, Lord;

Thou numberest my wanderings: Put thou my tears into thy bottle; Are they not in thy book?

9 thanne myn enemyes schulen be turned abak. In what euere dai Y schal inwardli clepe thee; lo! Y haue knowe, that thou art my God.

Then shall mine enemies turn back in the day that I call: This I know, that God is for me.

10 In God Y schal preise a word; in the Lord Y schal preyse a word.

In God (I will praise [his] word), In Jehovah (I will praise [his] word),

11 Y schal hope in God; Y schal not drede what thing a man schal do to me.

In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; What can man do unto me?

12 God, thin auowis ben in me; whiche Y schal yelde heriyngis to thee.

Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render thank-offerings unto thee.

13 For thou hast delyuerid my lijf fro deth, and my feet fro slidyng; that Y pleese bifore God in the liyt of hem that lyuen.

For thou hast delivered my soul from death: [Hast thou] not [delivered] my feet from falling, That I may walk before God In the light of the living?