< 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.
melody to/for David in/on/with to be he in/on/with wilderness Judah God God my you(m. s.) to seek you to thirst to/for you soul my to pine to/for you flesh my in/on/with land: country/planet dryness and faint 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.
so in/on/with holiness to see you to/for to see: see strength your and glory your
3 For thi merci is betere than lyues; my lippis schulen herie thee.
for pleasant kindness your from life lips my to praise you
4 So Y schal blesse thee in my lijf; and in thi name Y schal reise myn hondis.
so to bless you in/on/with life my in/on/with name your to lift: vow palm my
5 Mi soule be fillid as with inner fatnesse and vttermere fatnesse; and my mouth schal herie with lippis of ful out ioiyng.
like fat and ashes to satisfy soul my and lips triumphing to boast: praise lip my
6 So Y hadde mynde on thee on my bed, in morewtidis Y shal thenke of thee;
if to remember you upon bed my in/on/with watch to mutter in/on/with you
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 to be help to/for me and in/on/with shadow wing your to sing
8 thi riythond took me vp.
to cleave soul my after you in/on/with me to grasp right your
9 Forsothe thei souyten in veyn my lijf, thei schulen entre in to the lower thingis of erthe;
and they(masc.) to/for devastation to seek soul: life my to come (in): come in/on/with lower [the] land: country/planet
10 thei schulen be bitakun in to the hondis of swerd, thei schulen be maad the partis of foxis.
to pour him upon hand: power sword portion fox to be
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.
and [the] king to rejoice in/on/with God to boast: boast all [the] to swear in/on/with him for to stop lip to speak: speak deception