Psalms 94
1 God is Lord of veniauncis; God of veniauncis dide freli.
O LORD! thou God of vengeance! O thou God of vengeance! shine forth!
2 Be thou enhaunsid that demest the erthe; yelde thou yeldinge to proude men.
Rouse thyself, thou judge of the earth! Render a recompense to the proud!
3 Lord, hou longe synneris; hou longe schulen synneris haue glorie?
How long, O LORD! shall the wicked, How long shall the wicked triumph?
4 Thei schulen telle out, and schulen speke wickidnesse; alle men schulen speke that worchen vnriytfulnesse.
How long shall their lips pour forth insolence? How long shall all the evil-doers boast?
5 Lord, thei han maad lowe thi puple; and thei han disesid thin eritage.
O LORD! they trample upon thy people, And oppress thine inheritance!
6 Thei killiden a widowe and a comelyng; and thei han slayn fadirles children and modirles.
They slay the widow, and the stranger, And murder the fatherless;
7 And thei seiden, The Lord schal not se; and God of Jacob schal not vndurstonde.
And they say, “The LORD doth not see, The God of Jacob doth not regard!”
8 Ye vnwise men in the puple, vndirstonde; and, ye foolis, lerne sum tyme.
Be instructed, ye most stupid of mankind! O when, ye fools, will ye be wise?
9 Schal not he here, that plauntide the eere; ethere biholdith not he, that made the iye?
He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye, shall he not see?
10 Schal not he repreue, that chastisith folkis; which techith man kunnyng?
He that chastiseth nations, shall not he punish? He that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?
11 The Lord knowith the thouytis of men; that tho ben veyne.
The LORD knoweth the thoughts of men, That they are vanity.
12 Blessid is the man, whom thou, Lord, hast lerned; and hast tauyt him of thi lawe.
Happy the man, O LORD! whom thou correctest, Whom by thy teaching thou makest wise;
13 That thou aswage hym fro yuele daies; til a diche be diggid to the synner.
To give him peace in the days of adversity, Until a pit be digged for the wicked!
14 For the Lord schal not putte awei his puple; and he schal not forsake his eritage.
For the LORD will not forsake his people, Nor abandon his own inheritance.
15 Til riytfulnesse be turned in to dom; and who ben niy it, alle that ben of riytful herte.
For judgment shall return to justice, And all the upright in heart shall follow it.
16 Who schal rise with me ayens mysdoeris; ether who schal stonde with me ayens hem that worchen wickidnesse?
Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evil-doers?
17 No but for the Lord helpide me; almest my soule hadde dwellid in helle.
If the LORD had not been my help, I had well nigh dwelt in the land of silence.
18 If Y seide, My foot was stirid; Lord, thi merci helpide me.
When I think that my foot is slipping, Thy goodness, O LORD! holdeth me up.
19 Aftir the multitude of my sorewis in myn herte; thi coumfortis maden glad my soule.
In the multitude of anxieties within me, Thy consolations revive my soul.
20 Whether the seete of wickidnesse cleueth to thee; that makist trauel in comaundement?
Shall with thee be allied the throne of iniquity, Which deviseth mischief against law?
21 Thei schulen take ayens the soule of a iust man; and thei schulen condempne innocent blood.
They band together against the life of the righteous, And condemn innocent blood.
22 And the Lord was maad to me in to refuyt; and my God was maad in to the help of myn hope.
But the LORD is my fortress, And my God the rock of my refuge.
23 And he schal yelde to hem the wickidnesse of hem; and in the malice of hem he schal lese hem, oure Lord God schal lese hem.
He will bring upon them their own iniquity; Yea, through their own wickedness he will cut them off; Yea, the LORD, our God, will cut them off.
