Psalms 63
1 `The salm of Dauid, `whanne he was in the desert of Judee. God, my God, Y wake to thee ful eerli. Mi soule thirstide to thee; my fleisch thirstide to thee ful many foold.
A Psalm. Of David. When he was in the waste land of Judah. O God, you are my God; early will I make my search for you: my soul is dry for need of you, my flesh is wasted with desire for you, as a dry and burning land where no water is;
2 In a lond forsakun with out wei, and with out water, so Y apperide to thee in hooli; that Y schulde se thi vertu, and thi glorie.
To see your power and your glory, as I have seen you in the holy place.
3 For thi merci is betere than lyues; my lippis schulen herie thee.
Because your mercy is better than life, my lips will give you praise.
4 So Y schal blesse thee in my lijf; and in thi name Y schal reise myn hondis.
So will I go on blessing you all my life, lifting up my hands in your name.
5 Mi soule be fillid as with inner fatnesse and vttermere fatnesse; and my mouth schal herie with lippis of ful out ioiyng.
My soul will be comforted, as with good food; and my mouth will give you praise with songs of joy;
6 So Y hadde mynde on thee on my bed, in morewtidis Y shal thenke of thee;
When the memory of you comes to me on my bed, and when I give thought to you in the night-time.
7 for thou were myn helpere. And in the keueryng of thi wyngis Y schal make `ful out ioye, my soule cleuede after thee;
Because you have been my help, I will have joy in the shade of your wings.
8 thi riythond took me vp.
My soul keeps ever near you: your right hand is my support.
9 Forsothe thei souyten in veyn my lijf, thei schulen entre in to the lower thingis of erthe;
But those whose desire is my soul's destruction will go down to the lower parts of the earth.
10 thei schulen be bitakun in to the hondis of swerd, thei schulen be maad the partis of foxis.
They will be cut off by the sword; they will be food for foxes.
11 But the king schal be glad in God; and alle men schulen be preysid that sweren in hym, for the mouth of hem, that speken wickid thingis, is stoppid.
But the king will have joy in God; everyone who takes an oath by him will have cause for pride; but the false mouth will be stopped.
