Psalms 68

¹The title of the eiyte and sixtithe salm. `In Ebreu thus, To the victorie, on the roosis of Dauid. `In Jerom thus, To the ouercomer, for the sones of Dauid.

²God, make thou me saaf; for watris `entriden til to my soule.

³I am set in the sliym of the depthe; and `substaunce is not. I cam in to the depthe of the see; and the tempest drenchide me.

⁴I traueilide criynge, my cheekis weren maad hoose; myn iyen failiden, the while Y hope in to my God.

⁵Thei that hatiden me with out cause; weren multiplied aboue the heeris of myn heed. Myn enemyes that pursueden me vniustli weren coumfortid; Y paiede thanne tho thingis, whiche Y rauischide not.

⁶God, thou knowist myn vnkunnyng; and my trespassis ben not hid fro thee.

⁷Lord, Lord of vertues; thei, that abiden thee, be not aschamed in me. God of Israel; thei, that seken thee, be not schent on me.

⁸For Y suffride schenschipe for thee; schame hilide my face.

⁹I am maad a straunger to my britheren; and a pilgryme to the sones of my modir.

¹⁰For the feruent loue of thin hous eet me; and the schenschipis of men seiynge schenschipis to thee fellen on me.

¹¹And Y hilide my soule with fastyng; and it was maad in to schenschip to me.

¹²And Y puttide my cloth an heire; and Y am maad to hem in to a parable.

¹³Thei, that saten in the yate, spaken ayens me; and thei, that drunken wien, sungen of me.

¹⁴But Lord, Y dresse my preier to thee; God, Y abide the tyme of good plesaunce. Here thou me in the multitude of thi mercy; in the treuthe of thin heelthe.

¹⁵Delyuer thou me fro the cley, that Y be not faste set in; delyuere thou me fro hem that haten me, and fro depthe of watris.

¹⁶The tempest of watir drenche not me, nethir the depthe swolowe me; nethir the pit make streit his mouth on me.

¹⁷Lord, here thou me, for thi merci is benygne; vp the multitude of thi merciful doyngis biholde thou in to me.

¹⁸And turne not awei thi face fro thi child; for Y am in tribulacioun, here thou me swiftli.

¹⁹Yyue thou tente to my soule, and delyuer thou it; for myn enemyes delyuere thou me.

²⁰Thou knowist my schenschip, and my dispysyng; and my schame.

²¹Alle that troblen me ben in thi siyt; myn herte abood schendschipe, and wretchidnesse. And Y abood hym, that was sory togidere, and noon was; and that schulde coumforte, and Y foond not.

²²And thei yauen galle in to my meete; and in my thirst thei yauen `to me drinke with vynegre.

²³The boord of hem be maad bifore hem in to a snare; and in to yeldyngis, and in to sclaundir.

²⁴Her iyen be maad derk, that thei se not; and euere bouwe doun the bak of hem.

²⁵Schede out thin ire on hem; and the strong veniaunce of thin ire take hem.

²⁶The habitacioun of hem be maad forsakun; and `noon be that dwelle in the tabernaclis of hem.

²⁷For thei pursueden hym, whom thou hast smyte; and thei addiden on the sorewe of my woundis.

²⁸Adde thou wickidnesse on the wickidnesse of hem; and entre thei not in to thi riytwisnesse.

²⁹Be thei don awei fro the book of lyuynge men; and be thei not writun with iust men.

³⁰I am pore and sorewful; God, thin heelthe took me vp.

³¹I schal herye the name of God with song; and Y schal magnefye hym in heriyng.

³²And it schal plese God more than a newe calf; bryngynge forth hornes and clees.

³³Pore men se, and be glad; seke ye God, and youre soule schal lyue.

³⁴For the Lord herde pore men; and dispiside not hise boundun men.

³⁵Heuenes and erthe, herye hym; the se, and alle crepynge bestis in tho, herye hym.

³⁶For God schal make saaf Syon; and the citees of Juda schulen be bildid. And thei schulen dwelle there; and thei schulen gete it bi eritage.

³⁷And the seed of hise seruauntis schal haue it in possessioun; and thei that louen his name, schulen dwelle ther ynne.

Psalms 68

¹Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.

²As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

³But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.

⁴Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name Jah, and rejoice before him.

⁵A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

⁶God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

⁷O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah:

⁸The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

⁹Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.

¹⁰Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.

¹¹The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.

¹²Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil.

¹³Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.

¹⁴When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in Salmon.

¹⁵The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of Bashan.

¹⁶Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the Lord will dwell in it for ever.

¹⁷The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.

¹⁸Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them.

¹⁹Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.

²⁰He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto God the Lord belong the issues from death.

²¹But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.

²²The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea:

²³That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same.

²⁴They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.

²⁵The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.

²⁶Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain of Israel.

²⁷There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah and their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.

²⁸Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.

²⁹Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee.

³⁰Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war.

³¹Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.

³²Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah:

³³To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.

³⁴Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds.

³⁵O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God.