Psalms 48

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¹The title of the eiyte and fourtithe salm. To victorie, a salm to the sones of Chore.

²Alle ye folkis, here these thingis; alle ye that dwellen in the world, perseyue with eeris.

³Alle the sones of erthe and the sones of men; togidere the riche man and the pore in to oon.

⁴Mi mouth schal speke wisdom; and the thenkyng of myn herte schal speke prudence.

⁵I schal bouwe doun myn eere in to a parable; Y schal opene my resoun set forth in a sautree.

⁶Whi schal Y drede in the yuel dai? the wickidnesse of myn heele schal cumpasse me.

⁷Whiche tristen in her owne vertu; and han glorie in the multitude of her richessis.

⁸A brother ayenbieth not, schal a man ayenbie? and he schal not yyue to God his plesyng.

⁹And he schal not yyue the prijs of raunsum of his soule; and he schal trauele with outen ende,

¹⁰and he schal lyue yit in to the ende.

¹¹He schal not se perischyng, whanne he schal se wise men diynge; the vnwise man and fool schulen perische togidere. And thei schulen leeue her richessis to aliens;

¹²and the sepulcris of hem ben the housis of hem with outen ende. The tabernaclis of hem ben in generacioun and generacioun; thei clepiden her names in her londis.

¹³A man, whanne he was in honour, vndurstood not; he is comparisound to vnwise beestis, and he is maad lijk to tho.

¹⁴This weie of hem is sclaundir to hem; and aftirward thei schulen plese togidere in her mouth.

¹⁵As scheep thei ben set in helle; deth schal gnawe hem. And iust men schulen be lordis of hem in the morewtid; and the helpe of hem schal wexe eld in helle, for the glorie of hem.

¹⁶Netheles God schal ayenbie my soule from the power of helle; whanne he schal take me.

¹⁷Drede thou not, whanne a man is maad riche; and the glorie of his hows is multiplied.

¹⁸For whanne he schal die, he schal not take alle thingis; and his glorie schal not go doun with him.

¹⁹For his soule schal be blessid in his lijf; he schal knouleche to thee, whanne thou hast do wel to hym.

²⁰He schal entre til in to the generaciouns of hise fadris; and til in to with outen ende he schal not se liyt.

²¹A man, whanne he was in honour, vndurstood not; he is comparisound to vnwise beestis, and is maad lijk to tho.

Psalms 48

¹Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.

²Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.

³God is known in her palaces for a refuge.

⁴For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.

⁵They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.

⁶Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.

⁷Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.

⁸As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.

⁹We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.

¹⁰According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.

¹¹Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.

¹²Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.

¹³Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.

¹⁴For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.