Psalms 9

¹The title of the nynthe salm. In to the ende, for the pryuytees of the sone, the salm of Dauid.

²Lord, Y schal knouleche to thee in al myn herte; Y schal telle alle thi merueils.

³Thou hiyeste, Y schal be glad, and Y schal be fulli ioieful in thee; Y schal synge to thi name.

⁴For thou turnest myn enemy abac; thei schulen be maad feble, and schulen perische fro thi face.

⁵For thou hast maad my doom and my cause; thou, that demest riytfulnesse, `hast set on the trone.

⁶Thou blamedist hethene men, and the wickid perischide; thou hast do awei the name of hem in to the world, and in to the world of world.

⁷The swerdis of the enemy failiden in to the ende; and thou hast distried the citees of hem. The mynde of hem perischide with sown;

⁸and the Lord dwellith with outen ende. He made redi his trone in doom; and he schal deme the world in equite,

⁹he schal deme puplis in riytfulnesse.

¹⁰And the Lord is maad refuyt, `ether help, `to a pore man; an helpere in couenable tymes in tribulacioun.

¹¹And thei, that knowen thi name, haue hope in thee; for thou, Lord, hast not forsake hem that seken thee.

¹²Synge ye to the Lord, that dwellith in Syon; telle ye hise studyes among hethene men.

¹³God foryetith not the cry of pore men; for he hath mynde, and sekith the blood of hem.

¹⁴Lord, haue thou merci on me; se thou my mekenesse of myn enemyes.

¹⁵Which enhaunsist me fro the yatis of deeth; that Y telle alle thi preisyngis in the yatis of the douyter of Syon.

¹⁶Y schal `be fulli ioyeful in thin helthe; hethene men ben fast set in the perisching, which thei maden. In this snare, which thei hidden, the foot of hem is kauyt.

¹⁷The Lord makynge domes schal be knowun; the synnere is takun in the werkis of hise hondis.

¹⁸Synneris be turned togidere in to helle; alle folkis, that foryeten God.

¹⁹For the foryetyng of a pore man schal not be in to the ende; the pacience of pore men schal not perische in to the ende.

²⁰Lord, rise thou vp, a man be not coumfortid; folkis be demyd in thi siyt.

²¹Lord, ordeine thou a lawe makere on hem; wite folkis, that thei ben men.

²²Lord, whi hast thou go fer awei? thou dispisist `in couenable tymes in tribulacioun.

²³While the wickid is proud, the pore man is brent; thei ben taken in the counsels, bi whiche thei thenken.

²⁴Forwhi the synnere is preisid in the desiris of his soule; and the wickid is blessid.

²⁵The synnere `wraththide the Lord; vp the multitude of his ire he schal not seke.

²⁶God is not in his siyt; hise weies ben defoulid in al tyme. God, thi domes ben takun awei fro his face; he schal be lord of alle hise enemyes.

²⁷For he seide in his herte, Y schal not be moued, fro generacioun in to generacioun without yuel.

²⁸`Whos mouth is ful of cursyng, and of bitternesse, and of gyle; trauel and sorewe is vndur his tunge.

²⁹He sittith in aspies with ryche men in priuytees; to sle the innocent man.

³⁰Hise iyen biholden on a pore man; he settith aspies in hid place, as a lioun in his denne. He settith aspies, for to rauysche a pore man; for to rauysche a pore man, while he drawith the pore man.

³¹In his snare he schal make meke the pore man; he schal bowe hym silf, and schal falle doun, whanne he hath be lord of pore men.

³²For he seide in his herte, God hath foryete; he hath turned awei his face, that he se not in to the ende.

³³Lord God, rise thou vp, and thin hond be enhaunsid; foryete thou not pore men.

³⁴For what thing terride the wickid man God to wraththe? for he seide in his herte, God schal not seke.

³⁵Thou seest, for thou biholdist trauel and sorewe; that thou take hem in to thin hondis. The pore man is left to thee; thou schalt be an helpere to the fadirles and modirles.

³⁶Al to-breke thou the arme of the synnere, and yuel willid; his synne schal be souyt, and it schal not be foundun.

³⁷The Lord schal regne with outen ende, and in to the world of world; folkis, ye schulen perische fro the lond of hym.

³⁸The Lord hath herd the desir of pore men; thin eere hath herd the makyng redi of her herte.

³⁹To deme for the modirles `and meke; that a man `leie to no more to `magnyfie hym silf on erthe.

Psalms 9

¹I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.

²I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.

³When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.

⁴For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.

⁵Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.

⁶O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.

⁷But the Lord shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.

⁸And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.

⁹The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.

¹⁰And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

¹¹Sing praises to the Lord, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.

¹²When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.

¹³Have mercy upon me, O Lord; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:

¹⁴That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.

¹⁵The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

¹⁶The Lord is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

¹⁷The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.

¹⁸For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.

¹⁹Arise, O Lord; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.

²⁰Put them in fear, O Lord: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.