Psalms 77

1 `To the ouercomere on Yditum, `the salm of Asaph. With my vois Y criede to the Lord; with my vois to God, and he yaf tent to me.

I cry out to God; I cry aloud to him, and he hears me.

2 In the dai of my tribulacioun Y souyte God with myn hondis; in the nyyt `to fore hym, and Y am not disseyued. Mi soule forsook to be coumfortid;

Whenever have trouble, I pray to the Lord; all during the night I lift up my hands while I pray, [but] nothing causes me to be comforted.

3 Y was myndeful of God, and Y delitide, and Y was exercisid; and my spirit failide.

When I think about God, I (despair/think that he will never help me); when I meditate about him, I am discouraged.

4 Myn iyen bifore took wakyngis; Y was disturblid, and Y spak not.

[All during the night] he prevents me from sleeping; I am very worried, with the result that I do not know what to say.

5 I thouyte elde daies; and Y hadde in mynde euerlastinge yeeris.

I think about days that have passed; I remember [what happened in] previous years.

6 And Y thouyte in the nyyt with myn herte; and Y was exercisid, and Y clensid my spirit.

I spend the whole night thinking [about things]; I meditate, and this is what I ask myself:

7 Whether God schal caste awei with outen ende; ether schal he not lei to, that he be more plesid yit?

“Will the Lord always reject us? Will he never again be pleased with us?

8 Ethir schal he kitte awei his merci into the ende; fro generacioun in to generacioun?

Has he stopped faithfully loving us? Will he not do for us what he promised to do?

9 Ethir schal God foryete to do mercy; ethir schal he withholde his mercies in his ire?

God promised to be merciful to us; has he forgotten that? Because he is angry [with us], has he decided to not be kind to us?”

10 And Y seide, Now Y bigan; this is the chaunging of the riythond of `the hiye God.

Then I said, “What causes me to be [very] sad is that [it seems that] God, who is greater than any other god, is no longer powerful.”

11 I hadde mynde on the werkis of the Lord; for Y schal haue mynde fro the bigynnyng of thi merueilis.

[But then], Yahweh, I recall/remember your great deeds; I remember the wonderful things that you did in the past.

12 And Y schal thenke in alle thi werkis; and Y schal be occupied in thi fyndyngis.

I meditate on all that you have done, and I think about your mighty acts.

13 God, thi weie was in the hooli; what God is greet as oure God?

God, everything that you do is holy; there is certainly no god [RHQ] who is great like you are!

14 thou art God, that doist merueilis. Thou madist thi vertu knowun among puplis;

You are God, the one who performs miracles; you showed to people of many people-groups that you are powerful.

15 thou ayenbouytist in thi arm thi puple, the sones of Jacob and of Joseph.

By your power [MTY] you rescued your people [from Egypt]; you saved those who were descendants of Jacob and [his son] Joseph.

16 God, watris sien thee, watris sien thee, and dredden; and depthis of watris weren disturblid.

[It was as though] the waters [of the Red Sea] saw you and became very afraid, and even the deepest part of the water shook.

17 The multitude of the soun of watris; cloudis yauen vois.

Rain poured down from the clouds [PRS]; it thundered [very loudly] [PRS], and lightning flashed in all directions.

18 For whi thin arewis passen; the vois of thi thundir was in a wheel. Thi liytnyngis schyneden to the world; the erthe was moued, and tremblid.

Thunder crashed in the whirlwind, and lightning (lit up/flashed across) the entire sky [HYP]; the earth shook violently [DOU].

19 Thi weie in the see, and thi pathis in many watris; and thi steppis schulen not be knowun.

[Then] you walked through the sea on a path that you made through the deep water, but your footprints could not be seen.

20 Thou leddist forth thi puple as scheep; in the hond of Moyses and of Aaron.

You led your people like [a shepherd leads his] flock [of sheep], while Moses and Aaron were the leaders [of your people].