Psalms 83
1 The song of the salm of Asaph. God, who schal be lijk thee? God, be thou not stille, nether be thou peesid.
A song. A Psalm of Asaph. O God, be not silent; be not speechless; be not still, O God.
2 For lo! thin enemyes sowneden; and thei that haten thee reisiden the heed.
See how Your enemies rage, how Your foes have reared their heads.
3 Thei maden a wickid counsel on thi puple; and thei thouyten ayens thi seyntis.
With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish,
4 Thei seiden, Come ye, and leese we hem fro the folk; and the name of Israel be no more hadde in mynde.
saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”
5 For thei thouyten with oon acord;
For with one mind they plot together, they form an alliance against You—
6 the tabernaclis of Ydumeys, and men of Ismael disposiden a testament togidere ayens thee. Moab, and Agarenus, Jebal, and Amon, and Amalech;
the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,
7 alienys with hem that dwellen in Tyre.
of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, of Philistia with the people of Tyre.
8 For Assur cometh with hem; thei ben maad in to help to the sones of Loth.
Even Assyria has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot.
9 Make thou to hem as to Madian, and Sisara; as to Jabyn in the stronde of Sison.
Do to them as You did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon,
10 Thei perischiden in Endor; thei weren maad as a toord of erthe.
who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.
11 Putte thou the prynces of hem as Oreb and Zeb; and Zebee and Salmana. Alle the princis of hem, that seiden;
Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
12 Holde we bi eritage the seyntuarie of God.
who said, “Let us possess for ourselves the pastures of God.”
13 My God, putte thou hem as a whele; and as stobil bifor the face of the wynde.
Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the wind.
14 As fier that brenneth a wode; and as flawme brynnynge hillis.
As fire consumes a forest, as a flame sets the mountains ablaze,
15 So thou schalt pursue hem in thi tempeste; and thou schalt disturble hem in thin ire.
so pursue them with Your tempest, and terrify them with Your storm.
16 Lord, fille thou the faces of hem with schenschipe; and thei schulen seke thi name.
Cover their faces with shame, that they may seek Your name, O LORD.
17 Be thei aschamed, and be thei disturblid in to world of world; and be thei schent and perische thei.
May they be ever ashamed and terrified; may they perish in disgrace.
18 And knowe thei, that the Lord is name to thee; thou aloone art the hiyeste in ech lond.
May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.
