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 by David, when he was in the desert of Judah.] God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no 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.

So I have seen you in the sanctuary, watching your power and your glory.

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.

So I will 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 the richest food. 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 think about 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;

For you have been my help. I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings.

8 thi riythond took me vp.

My soul stays close to you. Your right hand holds me up.

9 Forsothe thei souyten in veyn my lijf, thei schulen entre in to the lower thingis of erthe;

But those who 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 be given over to the power of the sword. They shall be jackal food.

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. Everyone who swears by him will praise him, for the mouth of those who speak lies shall be silenced.