Psalms 138

¹The `title of the hundrid and eiyte and thrittithe salm. `To victorie, the salm of Dauith. Lord, thou hast preued me, and hast knowe me;

²thou hast knowe my sitting, and my rising ayen.

³Thou hast vndirstonde my thouytis fro fer; thou hast enquerid my path and my corde.

⁴And thou hast bifor seien alle my weies; for no word is in my tunge.

⁵Lo! Lord, thou hast knowe alle thingis, the laste thingis and elde; thou hast formed me, and hast set thin hond on me.

⁶Thi kunnyng is maad wondirful of me; it is coumfortid, and Y schal not mowe to it.

⁷Whidir schal Y go fro thi spirit; and whider schal Y fle fro thi face?

⁸If Y schal stie in to heuene, thou art there; if Y schal go doun to helle, thou art present.

⁹If Y schal take my fetheris ful eerli; and schal dwelle in the last partis of the see.

¹⁰And sotheli thider thin hond schal leede me forth; and thi riyt hond schal holde me.

¹¹And Y seide, In hap derknessis schulen defoule me; and the nyyt is my liytnyng in my delicis.

¹²For whi derknessis schulen not be maad derk fro thee, aud the niyt schal be liytned as the dai; as the derknessis therof, so and the liyt therof.

¹³For thou haddist in possessioun my reines; thou tokist me vp fro the wombe of my modir.

¹⁴I schal knouleche to thee, for thou art magnefied dreedfuli; thi werkis ben wondirful, and my soule schal knouleche ful miche.

¹⁵Mi boon, which thou madist in priuete, is not hyd fro thee; and my substaunce in the lower partis of erthe.

¹⁶Thin iyen sien myn vnperfit thing, and alle men schulen be writun in thi book; daies schulen be formed, and no man is in tho.

¹⁷Forsothe, God, thi frendis ben maad onourable ful myche to me; the princeheed of hem is coumfortid ful myche.

¹⁸I schal noumbre hem, and thei schulen be multiplied aboue grauel; Y roos vp, and yit Y am with thee.

¹⁹For thou, God, schalt slee synneris; ye menquelleris, bowe awei fro me.

²⁰For ye seien in thouyt; Take thei her citees in vanite.

²¹Lord, whether Y hatide not hem that hatiden thee; and Y failide on thin enemyes?

²²Bi perfite haterede Y hatide hem; thei weren maad enemyes to me.

²³God, preue thou me, and knowe thou myn herte; axe thou me, and knowe thou my pathis.

²⁴And se thou, if weie of wickidnesse is in me; and lede thou me forth in euerlastinge wei.

Psalms 138

¹I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.

²I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

³In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.

⁴All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O Lord, when they hear the words of thy mouth.

⁵Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the Lord: for great is the glory of the Lord.

⁶Though the Lord be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.

⁷Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.

⁸The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.