Psalms 81
1 To the ouercomer in the pressours of Asaph. Make ye fulli ioye to God, oure helpere; synge ye hertli to God of Jacob.
[For the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. By Asaph.] Sing aloud to God, our strength. Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob.
2 Take ye a salm, and yyue ye a tympan; a myrie sautere with an harpe.
Raise a song, and bring here the tambourine, the pleasant lyre with the harp.
3 Blowe ye with a trumpe in Neomenye; in the noble dai of youre solempnite.
Blow the trumpet at the New Moon, at the full moon, on our feast day.
4 For whi comaundement is in Israel; and doom is to God of Jacob.
For it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
5 He settide that witnessing in Joseph; whanne he yede out of the lond of Egipt, he herde a langage, which he knew not.
He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out over the land of Egypt, I heard a language that I did not know.
6 He turnede a wei his bak fro birthens; hise hondis serueden in a coffyn.
"I removed his shoulder from the burden. His hands were freed from the basket.
7 In tribulacioun thou inwardli clepidist me, and Y delyuerede thee; Y herde thee in the hid place of tempest, Y preuede thee at the water of ayenseiyng.
You called in trouble, and I delivered you. I answered you in the secret place of thunder. I tested you at the waters of Meribah." (Selah)
8 My puple, here thou, and Y schal be witnesse ayens thee;
"Hear, my people, and I will testify to you, Israel, if you would listen to me.
9 Israel, if thou herist me, a fresche God schal not be in thee, and thou schalt not worschipe an alien god.
There shall be no strange god in you, neither shall you worship any foreign god.
10 For Y am thi Lord God, that ladde thee out of the lond of Egipt; make large thi mouth, and Y schal fille it.
I am Jehovah, your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.
11 And my puple herde not my vois; and Israel yaue not tente to me.
But my people did not listen to my voice. Israel desired none of me.
12 And Y lefte hem aftir the desiris of her herte; thei schulen go in her fyndyngis.
So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, that they might walk in their own counsels.
13 If my puple hadde herde me; if Israel hadde go in my weies.
Oh that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways.
14 For nouyt in hap Y hadde maad low her enemyes; and Y hadde send myn hond on men doynge tribulacioun to hem.
I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn my hand against their adversaries.
15 The enemyes of the Lord lieden to hym; and her tyme schal be in to worldis.
The haters of Jehovah would cringe before him, and their punishment would last forever.
16 And he fedde hem of the fatnesse of whete; and he fillide hem with hony of the stoon.
And he would have fed him with the finest wheat, and satisfied you with honey from the rock."
