Psalms 77

¹The `title of the seuene and seuentithe salm. The lernyng of Asaph. Mi puple, perseyue ye my lawe; bowe youre eere in to the wordis of my mouth.

²I schal opene my mouth in parablis; Y schal speke perfite resouns fro the bigynnyng.

³Hou grete thingis han we herd, aud we han knowe tho; and oure fadris. telden to vs.

⁴Tho ben not hid fro the sones of hem; in anothir generacioun. And thei telden the heriyngis of the Lord, and the vertues of hym; and hise merueilis, whyche he dide.

⁵And he reiside witnessyng in Jacob; and he settide lawe in Israel. Hou grete thingis comaundide he to oure fadris, to make tho knowun to her sones;

⁶that another generacioun knowe. Sones, that schulen be born, and schulen rise vp; schulen telle out to her sones.

⁷That thei sette her hope in God, and foryete not the werkis of God; and that thei seke hise comaundementis.

⁸Lest thei be maad a schrewid generacioun; and terrynge to wraththe, as the fadris of hem. A generacioun that dresside not his herte; and his spirit was not bileued with God.

⁹The sones of Effraym, bendinge a bouwe and sendynge arowis; weren turned in the dai of batel.

¹⁰Thei kepten not the testament of God; and thei nolden go in his lawe.

¹¹And thei foryaten hise benefices; and hise merueils, whiche he schewide to hem.

¹²He dide merueils bifore the fadris of hem in the loond of Egipt; in the feeld of Taphneos.

¹³He brak the see, and ledde hem thorou; and he ordeynede the watris as in a bouge.

¹⁴And he ledde hem forth in a cloude of the dai; and al niyt in the liytnyng of fier.

¹⁵He brak a stoon in deseert; and he yaf watir to hem as in a myche depthe.

¹⁶And he ledde watir out of the stoon; and he ledde forth watris as floodis.

¹⁷And thei `leiden to yit to do synne ayens hym; thei excitiden hiye God in to ire, in a place with out water.

¹⁸And thei temptiden God in her hertis; that thei axiden meetis to her lyues.

¹⁹And thei spaken yuel of God; thei seiden, Whether God may make redi a bord in desert?

²⁰For he smoot a stoon, and watris flowiden; and streemys yeden out in aboundaunce. Whether also he may yyue breed; ether make redi a bord to his puple?

²¹Therfor the Lord herde, and delaiede; and fier was kindelid in Jacob, and the ire of God stiede on Israel.

²²For thei bileueden not in God; nether hopiden in his heelthe.

²³And he comaundide to the cloudis aboue; and he openyde the yatis of heuene.

²⁴And he reynede to hem manna for to eete; and he yaf to hem breed of heuene.

²⁵Man eet the breed of aungels; he sent to hem meetis in aboundance.

²⁶He turnede ouere the south wynde fro heuene; and he brouyte in bi his vertu the weste wynde.

²⁷And he reynede fleischis as dust on hem; and `he reinede volatils fethered, as the grauel of the see.

²⁸And tho felden doun in the myddis of her castels; aboute the tabernaclis of hem.

²⁹And thei eeten, and weren fillid greetli, and he brouyte her desire to hem;

³⁰thei weren not defraudid of her desier. Yit her metis weren in her mouth;

³¹and the ire of God stiede on hem. And he killide the fatte men of hem; and he lettide the chosene men of Israel.

³²In alle these thingis thei synneden yit; and bileuede not in the merueils of God.

³³And the daies of hem failiden in vanytee; and the yeeris of hem faileden with haste.

³⁴Whanne he killide hem, thei souyten hym; and turneden ayen, and eerli thei camen to hym.

³⁵And thei bithouyten, that God is the helper of hem; and `the hiy God is the ayenbier of hem.

³⁶And thei loueden hym in her mouth; and with her tunge thei lieden to hym.

³⁷Forsothe the herte of hem was not riytful with hym; nethir thei weren had feithful in his testament.

³⁸But he is merciful, and he schal be maad merciful to the synnes of hem; and he schal not destrie hem. And he dide greetli, to turne awei his yre; and he kyndelide not al his ire.

³⁹And he bithouyte, that thei ben fleische; a spirit goynge, and not turnynge ayen.

⁴⁰Hou oft maden thei hym wrooth in desert; thei stireden hym in to ire in a place with out watir.

⁴¹And thei weren turned, and temptiden God; and thei wraththiden the hooli of Israel.

⁴²Thei bithouyten not on his hond; in the dai in the which he ayen bouyte hem fro the hond of the trobler.

⁴³As he settide hise signes in Egipt; and hise grete wondris in the feeld of Taphneos.

⁴⁴And he turnede the flodis of hem and the reynes of hem in to blood; that thei schulden not drynke.

⁴⁵He sente a fleisch flie in to hem, and it eet hem; and he sente a paddok, and it loste hem.

⁴⁶And he yaf the fruytis of hem to rust; and he yaf the trauels of hem to locustis.

⁴⁷And he killide the vynes of hem bi hail; and the moore trees of hem bi a frost.

⁴⁸And he bitook the beestis of hem to hail; and the possessioun of hem to fier.

⁴⁹He sente in to hem the ire of his indignacioun; indignacioun, and ire, and tribulacioun, sendingis in bi iuel aungels.

⁵⁰He made weie to the path of his ire, and he sparide not fro the deth of her lyues; and he closide togidere in deth the beestis of hem.

⁵¹And he smoot al the first gendrid thing in the lond of Egipt; the first fruytis of alle the trauel of hem in the tabernaclis of Cham.

⁵²And he took awei his puple as scheep; and he ledde hem forth as a flok in desert.

⁵³And he ledde hem forth in hope, and thei dredden not; and the see hilide the enemyes of hem.

⁵⁴And he brouyte hem in to the hil of his halewyng; in to the hil which his riythond gat. And he castide out hethene men fro the face of hem; and bi lot he departide to hem the lond in a cord of delyng.

⁵⁵And he made the lynagis of Israel to dwelle in the tabernaclis of hem.

⁵⁶And thei temptiden, and wraththiden heiy God; and thei kepten not hise witnessyngis.

⁵⁷And thei turneden awei hem silf, and thei kepten not couenaunt; as her fadris weren turned in to a schrewid bouwe.

⁵⁸Thei stiriden him in to ire in her litle hillis; and thei terriden hym to indignacioun of her grauen ymagis.

⁵⁹God herde, and forsook; and brouyte to nouyt Israel greetli.

⁶⁰And he puttide awei the tabernacle of Sylo; his tabernacle where he dwellide among men.

⁶¹And he bitook the vertu of hem in to caitiftee; and the fairnesse of hem in to the hondis of the enemye.

⁶²And he closide togidere his puple in swerd; and he dispiside his erytage.

⁶³Fier eet the yonge men of hem; and the virgyns of hem weren not biweilid.

⁶⁴The prestis of hem fellen doun bi swerd; and the widewis of hem weren not biwept.

⁶⁵And the Lord was reisid, as slepynge; as miyti greetli fillid of wiyn.

⁶⁶And he smoot hise enemyes on the hynderere partis; he yaf to hem euerlastyng schenschipe.

⁶⁷And he puttide awei the tabernacle of Joseph; and he chees not the lynage of Effraym.

⁶⁸But he chees the lynage of Juda; he chees the hil of Syon, which he louede.

⁶⁹And he as an vnicorn bildide his hooli place; in the lond, which he foundide in to worldis.

⁷⁰And he chees Dauid his seruaunt, and took hym vp fro the flockis of scheep; he took hym fro bihynde scheep with lambren.

⁷¹To feed Jacob his seruaunt; and Israel his eritage.

⁷²And he fedde hem in the innocens of his herte; and he ledde hem forth in the vndurstondyngis of his hondis.

Psalms 77

¹I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me.

²In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.

³I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.

⁴Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

⁵I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.

⁶I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.

⁷Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?

⁸Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore?

⁹Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.

¹⁰And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High.

¹¹I will remember the works of the Lord: surely I will remember thy wonders of old.

¹²I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings.

¹³Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God?

¹⁴Thou art the God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy strength among the people.

¹⁵Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.

¹⁶The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.

¹⁷The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad.

¹⁸The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.

¹⁹Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.

²⁰Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.