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.
O God, you are my God; early will I seek you: my soul thirsts for you, my flesh longs for you in a dry and thirsty 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, so as I have seen you in the sanctuary.
3 For thi merci is betere than lyues; my lippis schulen herie thee.
Because your loving kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise you.
4 So Y schal blesse thee in my lijf; and in thi name Y schal reise myn hondis.
Thus will I bless you while I live: I will lift 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 shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise you with joyful lips:
6 So Y hadde mynde on thee on my bed, in morewtidis Y shal thenke of thee;
When I remember you on my bed, and meditate on you 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 you have been my help, therefore in the shadow of your wings will I rejoice.
8 thi riythond took me vp.
My soul follows hard after you: your right hand upholds me.
9 Forsothe thei souyten in veyn my lijf, thei schulen entre in to the lower thingis of erthe;
But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into 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 shall fall by the sword: 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 rejoice in God; every one that swears by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
