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.

To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Hear, O God, my voice in my plaint; preserve my life from fear of the enemy:

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

Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers, from the tumultuous crowd of the workers of iniquity,

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

Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword, [and] have aimed their arrow, a bitter word;

4 for to schete in priuetees hym that is vnwemmed.

That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

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 encourage themselves in an evil matter, they concert to hide snares; they say, Who will see them?

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

They devise iniquities: We have it ready, the plan is diligently sought out. And each one's inward [thought] and heart is deep.

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

But God will shoot an arrow at them: suddenly are they wounded;

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

By their own tongue they are made to fall over one another: all that see them shall flee away.

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

And all men shall fear, and shall declare God's doing; and they shall wisely consider his work.

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 righteous shall rejoice in Jehovah, and trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.