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 Psalme of David. When he was in the wildernesse of Judah. O God, thou art my God, earely will I seeke thee: my soule thirsteth for thee: my flesh longeth greatly after thee in a barren and drye land without water.
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.
Thus I beholde thee as in the Sanctuarie, when I beholde thy power and thy glorie.
3 For thi merci is betere than lyues; my lippis schulen herie thee.
For thy louing kindnesse is better then life: therefore my lippes shall prayse thee.
4 So Y schal blesse thee in my lijf; and in thi name Y schal reise myn hondis.
Thus will I magnifie thee all my life, and lift vp mine hands in thy 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 soule shalbe satisfied, as with marowe and fatnesse, and my mouth shall praise thee with ioyfull lippes,
6 So Y hadde mynde on thee on my bed, in morewtidis Y shal thenke of thee;
When I remember thee on my bedde, and when I thinke vpon thee in the night watches.
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 thou hast bene mine helper, therefore vnder the shadow of thy wings wil I reioyce.
8 thi riythond took me vp.
My soule cleaueth vnto thee: for thy right hand vpholdeth me.
9 Forsothe thei souyten in veyn my lijf, thei schulen entre in to the lower thingis of erthe;
Therefore they that seeke my soule to destroy it, they shall goe into the lowest partes of the earth.
10 thei schulen be bitakun in to the hondis of swerd, thei schulen be maad the partis of foxis.
They shall cast him downe with the edge of the sword, and they shall be a portion 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 shall reioyce in God, and all that sweare by him shall reioyce in him: for the mouth of them that speake lyes, shall be stopped.
