Psalms 64

1 `In Ebrewe thus, To the victorie, the salm of Dauid. `In Jerom `thus, To the ouercomer, the song of Dauid. God, here thou my preier, whanne Y biseche; delyuere thou my soule fro the drede of the enemy.

Unto the end. A Psalm of David. Hear, O God, my prayer of supplication. Rescue my soul from the fear of the enemy.

2 Thou hast defendid me fro the couent of yuele doers; fro the multitude of hem that worchen wickidnesse.

You have protected me from the assembly of the malignant, from a multitude of workers of iniquity.

3 For thei scharpiden her tungis as a swerd, thei benten a bowe, a bittir thing;

For they have sharpened their tongues like a sword; they have formed their bow into a bitter thing,

4 for to schete in priuetees hym that is vnwemmed.

so that they may shoot arrows from hiding at the immaculate.

5 Sodeynli thei schulen schete hym, and thei schulen not drede; thei maden stidefast to hem silf a wickid word. Thei telden, that thei schulden hide snaris; thei seiden, Who schal se hem?

They will suddenly shoot arrows at him, and they will not be afraid. They are resolute in their wicked talk. They have discussed hidden snares. They have said, “Who will see them?”

6 Thei souyten wickidnessis; thei souyten, and failiden in sekinge. A man neiyhe to deep herte;

They have been searching carefully for iniquities. Their exhaustive search has failed. Man will approach with a deep heart,

7 and God schal be enhaunsid. The arowis of `litle men ben maad the woundis of hem;

and God will be exalted. The arrows of the little ones have become their wounds,

8 and the tungis of hem ben maad sijk ayens hem. Alle men ben disturblid, that sien hem;

and their tongues have been weakened against them. All those who saw them have been troubled;

9 and ech man dredde. And thei telden the werkis of God; and vndurstoden the dedis of God.

and every man was afraid. And they announced the works of God, and they understood his acts.

10 The iust man schal be glad in the Lord, and schal hope in hym; and alle men of riytful herte schulen be preisid.

The just will rejoice in the Lord, and they will hope in him. And all the upright of heart will be praised.