Psalms 86
1 The preier of Dauid. Lord, bowe doun thin eere, and here me; for Y am nedi and pore.
A Prayer of David. Incline thine ear, Jehovah, answer me; for I am afflicted and needy.
2 Kepe thou my lijf, for Y am holi; my God, make thou saaf thi seruaunt hopynge in thee.
Keep my soul, for I am godly; O thou my God, save thy servant who confideth in thee.
3 Lord, haue thou merci on me, for Y criede al day to thee;
Be gracious unto me, O Lord; for unto thee do I call all the day.
4 make thou glad the soule of thi seruaunt, for whi, Lord, Y haue reisid my soule to thee.
Rejoice the soul of thy servant; for unto thee, Lord, do I lift up my soul.
5 For thou, Lord, art swete and mylde; and of myche merci to alle men inwardli clepynge thee.
For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive, and art of great loving-kindness unto all that call upon thee.
6 Lord, perseyue thou my preier with eeris; and yyue thou tente to the vois of my bisechyng.
Give ear, O Jehovah, unto my prayer, and attend to the voice of my supplications.
7 In the dai of my tribulacioun Y criede to thee; for thou herdist me.
In the day of my distress I will call upon thee, for thou wilt answer me.
8 Lord, noon among goddis is lijk thee; and noon is euene to thi werkis.
Among the gods there is none like unto thee, Lord, and there is nothing like unto thy works.
9 Lord, alle folkis, whiche euere thou madist, schulen come, and worschipe bifore thee; and thei schulen glorifie thi name.
All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord, and shall glorify thy name.
10 For thou art ful greet, and makinge merueils; thou art God aloone.
For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God, thou alone.
11 Lord, lede thou me forth in thi weie, and Y schal entre in thi treuthe; myn herte be glad, that it drede thi name.
Teach me thy way, Jehovah; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.
12 Mi Lord God, Y schal knouleche to thee in al myn herte; and Y schal glorifie thi name withouten ende.
I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with my whole heart; and I will glorify thy name for evermore.
For great is thy loving-kindness toward me, and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol. (Sheol h7585)
14 God, wickid men han rise vp on me; and the synagoge of myyti men han souyt my lijf; and thei han not set forth thee in her siyt.
O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assembly of the violent seek after my soul, and they have not set thee before them.
15 And thou, Lord God, doynge merci, and merciful; pacient, and of myche merci, and sothefast.
But thou, Lord, art a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in goodness and truth.
16 Biholde on me, and haue mercy on me, yyue thou the empire to thi child; and make thou saaf the sone of thin handmayden.
Turn toward me, and be gracious unto me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.
17 Make thou with me a signe in good, that thei se, that haten me, and be aschamed; for thou, Lord, hast helpid me, and hast coumfortid me.
Shew me a token for good, that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed; for thou, Jehovah, hast helped me and comforted me.
