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.
God, listen to me as I tell you the things that I am worried about. I am afraid of my enemies; so save/rescue me from them.
2 Thou hast defendid me fro the couent of yuele doers; fro the multitude of hem that worchen wickidnesse.
Protect me from what wicked men are planning to do to me; protect me from that gang of men who do what is evil.
3 For thei scharpiden her tungis as a swerd, thei benten a bowe, a bittir thing;
The hostile things they say [MTY] are like [SIM] [sharp] swords; their cruel words are like [SIM] arrows.
4 for to schete in priuetees hym that is vnwemmed.
Without being afraid, they [lie about people and slander people] who have not done what is wrong, like someone who suddenly jumps up from where he is hiding and shoots [arrows] at his enemy [MET].
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 each other about doing the evil things that they are planning to do; they talk [with each other] about where they can set traps to catch people, and they think, “No one [RHQ] will see what we are doing,
6 Thei souyten wickidnessis; thei souyten, and failiden in sekinge. A man neiyhe to deep herte;
because we have planned very well the crime that we are going to commit!” No one can fully understand what people can think and plan!
7 and God schal be enhaunsid. The arowis of `litle men ben maad the woundis of hem;
But [it will be as though] God will shoot his arrows at them, and suddenly they will be wounded.
8 and the tungis of hem ben maad sijk ayens hem. Alle men ben disturblid, that sien hem;
Because of what they say [MTY], he will get rid of them, and then everyone who sees [what has happened to] them will shake their heads [to ridicule them].
9 and ech man dredde. And thei telden the werkis of God; and vndurstoden the dedis of God.
And then everyone will be afraid [to sin because of what might happen to them, also]; they will tell others what God has done, and they themselves will think much about it.
10 The iust man schal be glad in the Lord, and schal hope in hym; and alle men of riytful herte schulen be preisid.
Righteous people should rejoice because of what Yahweh [has done]; they should go to him to (find protection/be safe); and all those who are godly will praise him.
