Psalms 32

¹The two and threttithe salm hath no title. Ye iust men, haue fulli ioye in the Lord; presyng togidere bicometh riytful men.

²Knouleche ye to the Lord in an harpe; synge ye to hym in a sautre of ten strengis.

³Synge ye to hym a newe song; seie ye wel salm to hym in criyng.

⁴For the word of the Lord is riytful; and alle hise werkis ben in feithfulnesse.

⁵He loueth merci and doom; the erthe is ful of the merci of the Lord.

⁶Heuenes ben maad stidfast bi the word of the Lord; and `al the vertu of tho bi the spirit of his mouth.

⁷And he gaderith togidere the watris of the see as in a bowge; and settith depe watris in tresours.

⁸Al erthe drede the Lord; sotheli alle men enhabitynge the world ben mouyd of hym.

⁹For he seide, and thingis weren maad; he comaundide, and thingis weren maad of nouyt.

¹⁰The Lord distrieth the counsels of folkis, forsothe he repreueth the thouytis of puplis; and he repreueth the counsels of prynces.

¹¹But the counsel of the Lord dwellith with outen ende; the thouytis of his herte dwellen in generacioun and into generacioun.

¹²Blessid is the folk, whose Lord is his God; the puple which he chees into eritage to hym silf.

¹³The Lord bihelde fro heuene; he siy alle the sones of men.

¹⁴Fro his dwellyng place maad redi bifor; he bihelde on alle men, that enhabiten the erthe.

¹⁵Which made syngulerli the soules of hem; which vndurstondith all the werkis of hem.

¹⁶A kyng is not sauyd bi myche vertu; and a giaunt schal not be sauyd in the mychilnesse of his vertu.

¹⁷An hors is false to helthe; forsothe he schal not be sauyd in the habundaunce, `ether plentee, of his vertu.

¹⁸Lo! the iyen of the Lord ben on men dredynge hym; and in hem that hopen on his merci.

¹⁹That he delyuere her soules fro deth; and feede hem in hungur.

²⁰Oure soule suffreth the Lord; for he is oure helpere and defendere.

²¹For oure herte schal be glad in him; and we schulen haue hope in his hooli name.

²²Lord, thi merci be maad on vs; as we hopiden in thee.

Psalms 32

¹Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

²Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

³When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.

⁴For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

⁵I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

⁶For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.

⁷Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.

⁸I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.

⁹Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.

¹⁰Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass him about.

¹¹Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.