Psalmorum 90
1 Oratio Moysi hominis Dei. Domine, refugium factus es nobis: a generatione in generationem.
The preier of Moises, the man of God. Lord, thou art maad help to vs; fro generacioun in to generacioun.
2 Priusquam montes fierent, aut formaretur terra, et orbis: a sæculo et usque in sæculum tu es Deus.
Bifore that hillis weren maad, ether the erthe and the world was formed; fro the world and in to the world thou art God.
3 Ne avertas hominem in humilitatem: et dixisti: Convertimini filii hominum.
Turne thou not awei a man in to lownesse; and thou seidist, Ye sones of men, be conuertid.
4 Quoniam mille anni ante oculos tuos, tamquam dies hesterna, quæ præteriit, Et custodia in nocte,
For a thousynde yeer ben bifore thin iyen; as yistirdai, which is passid, and as keping in the niyt.
5 quæ pro nihilo habentur, eorum anni erunt.
The yeeris of hem schulen be; that ben had for nouyt.
6 Mane sicut herba transeat, mane floreat, et transeat: vespere decidat, induret, et arescat.
Eerli passe he, as an eerbe, eerli florische he, and passe; in the euentid falle he doun, be he hard, and wexe drie.
7 Quia defecimus in ira tua, et in furore tuo turbati sumus.
For we han failid in thin ire; and we ben disturblid in thi strong veniaunce.
8 Posuisti iniquitates nostras in conspectu tuo: sæculum nostrum in illuminatione vultus tui.
Thou hast set oure wickidnessis in thi siyt; oure world in the liytning of thi cheer.
9 Quoniam omnes dies nostri defecerunt: et in ira tua defecimus. Anni nostri sicut aranea meditabuntur:
For alle oure daies han failid; and we han failid in thin ire. Oure yeris schulen bithenke, as an yreyn;
10 dies annorum nostrorum in ipsis, septuaginta anni. Si autem in potentatibus octoginta anni: et amplius eorum, labor et dolor. Quoniam supervenit mansuetudo: et corripiemur.
the daies of oure yeeris ben in tho seuenti yeeris. Forsothe, if fourescoor yeer ben in myyti men; and the more tyme of hem is trauel and sorewe. For myldenesse cam aboue; and we schulen be chastisid.
11 Quis novit potestatem iræ tuæ: et præ timore tuo iram tuam
Who knew the power of thin ire; and durste noumbre thin ire for thi drede?
12 dinumerare? Dexteram tuam sic notam fac: et eruditos corde in sapientia.
Make thi riythond so knowun; and make men lerned in herte bi wisdom.
13 Convertere Domine usquequo? et deprecabilis esto super servos tuos.
Lord, be thou conuertid sumdeel; and be thou able to be preied on thi seruauntis.
14 Repleti sumus mane misericordia tua: et exultavimus, et delectati sumus omnibus diebus nostris.
We weren fillid eerli with thi merci; we maden ful out ioye, and we delitiden in alle oure daies.
15 Lætati sumus pro diebus, quibus nos humiliasti: annis, quibus vidimus mala.
We weren glad for the daies in whiche thou madist vs meke; for the yeeris in whiche we siyen yuels.
16 Respice in servos tuos, et in opera tua: et dirige filios eorum.
Lord, biholde thou into thi seruauntis, and in to thi werkis; and dresse thou the sones of hem.
17 Et sit splendor Domini Dei nostri super nos, et opera manuum nostrarum dirige super nos: et opus manuum nostrarum dirige.
And the schynyng of oure Lord God be on vs; and dresse thou the werkis of oure hondis on vs, and dresse thou the werk of oure hondis.
