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.

For the chief musician. A psalm of David. Hear my voice, God, listen to my complaint; preserve my life from fear of my enemies.

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

Hide me from the secret plotting of evildoers, from the commotion of the doers of iniquity.

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

They have sharpened their tongues like swords; they have aimed their arrows, bitter words,

4 for to schete in priuetees hym that is vnwemmed.

so that they may shoot from secret places at someone who is innocent; suddenly they shoot at him and fear nothing.

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 plan; they consult privately together in order to set traps; they say, “Who will see us?”

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

They invent sinful plans; “We have finished,” they say, “a careful plan.” The inner thoughts and hearts of man are deep.

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

But God will shoot them; suddenly they will be wounded with his arrows.

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

They will be made to stumble, since their own tongues are against them; all who see them will wag their heads.

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

All people will fear and will declare God's deeds. They will wisely think about what he has done.

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 will be glad about Yahweh and will take refuge in him; all the upright in heart will take pride in him.