Psalms 108

¹The title of the hundrid and eiytthe salm. To victorye, the salm of Dauid.

²God, holde thou not stille my preisyng; for the mouth of the synner, and the mouth of the gileful man is openyd on me.

³Thei spaken ayens me with a gileful tunge, and thei cumpassiden me with wordis of hatrede; and fouyten ayens me with out cause.

⁴For that thing that thei schulden loue me, thei bacbitiden me; but Y preiede.

⁵And thei settiden ayens me yuelis for goodis; and hatrede for my loue.

⁶Ordeyne thou a synner on him; and the deuel stonde on his riyt half.

⁷Whanne he is demed, go he out condempned; and his preier `be maad in to synne.

⁸Hise daies be maad fewe; and another take his bischopriche.

⁹Hise sones be maad faderles; and his wijf a widewe.

¹⁰Hise sones tremblinge be born ouer, and begge; and be cast out of her habitaciouns.

¹¹An vsurere seke al his catel; and aliens rauysche hise trauelis.

¹²Noon helpere be to him; nether ony be that haue mercy on hise modirles children.

¹³Hise sones be maad in to perisching; the name of him be don awei in oon generacioun.

¹⁴The wickidnesse of hise fadris come ayen in to mynde in the siyt of the Lord; and the synne of his modir be not don awei.

¹⁵Be thei maad euere ayens the Lord; and the mynde of hem perische fro erthe.

¹⁶For that thing that he thouyte not to do merci,

¹⁷and he pursuede a pore man and beggere; and to slee a man compunct in herte.

¹⁸And he louede cursing, and it schal come to hym; and he nolde blessing, and it schal be maad fer fro him. And he clothide cursing as a cloth, and it entride as water in to hise ynnere thingis; and as oile in hise boonus.

¹⁹Be it maad to him as a cloth, with which he is hilyd; and as a girdil, with which he is euere gird.

²⁰This is the werk of hem that bacbiten me anentis the Lord; and that speke yuels ayens my lijf.

²¹And thou, Lord, Lord, do with me for thi name; for thi merci is swete.

²²Delyuere thou me, for Y am nedi and pore; and myn herte is disturblid with ynne me.

²³I am takun awei as a schadowe, whanne it bowith awei; and Y am schakun awei as locustis.

²⁴Mi knees ben maad feble of fasting; and my fleische was chaungid for oile.

²⁵And Y am maad schenschipe to hem; thei sien me, and moueden her heedis.

²⁶Mi Lord God, helpe thou me; make thou me saaf bi thi merci.

²⁷And thei schulen wite, that this is thin hond; and thou, Lord, hast do it.

²⁸Thei schulen curse, and thou schalt blesse, thei that risen ayens me, be schent; but thi seruaunt schal be glad.

²⁹Thei that bacbiten me, be clothid with schame; and be thei hilid with her schenschipe as with a double cloth.

³⁰I schal knouleche to the Lord greetli with my mouth; and Y schal herie hym in the myddil of many men.

³¹Which stood nyy on the riyt half of a pore man; to make saaf my soule fro pursueris.

Psalms 108

¹O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory.

²Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.

³I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.

⁴For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds.

⁵Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth;

⁶That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me.

⁷God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

⁸Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;

⁹Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph.

¹⁰Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?

¹¹Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts?

¹²Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.

¹³Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.