Psalms 33

1 Sing, ye righteous, in Jehovah, For upright ones praise [is] comely.

Ye iust men, haue fulli ioye in the Lord; presyng togidere bicometh riytful men.

2 Give ye thanks to Jehovah with a harp, With psaltery of ten strings sing praise to Him,

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

3 Sing ye to Him a new song, Play skilfully with shouting.

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

4 For upright [is] the word of Jehovah, And all His work [is] in faithfulness.

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

5 Loving righteousness and judgment, Of the kindness of Jehovah is the earth full.

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

6 By the word of Jehovah The heavens have been made, And by the breath of His mouth all their host.

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

7 Gathering as a heap the waters of the sea, Putting in treasuries the depths.

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

8 Afraid of Jehovah are all the earth, Of Him are all the inhabitants of the world afraid.

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

9 For He hath said, and it is, He hath commanded, and it standeth.

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

10 Jehovah made void the counsel of nations, He disallowed the thoughts of the peoples.

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

11 The counsel of Jehovah to the age standeth, The thoughts of His heart to all generations.

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

12 O the happiness of the nation whose God [is] Jehovah, Of the people He did choose, For an inheritance to Him.

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

13 From the heavens hath Jehovah looked, He hath seen all the sons of men.

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

14 From the fixed place of His dwelling, He looked unto all inhabitants of the earth;

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

15 Who is forming their hearts together, Who is attending unto all their works.

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

16 The king is not saved by the multitude of a force. A mighty man is not delivered, By abundance of power.

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

17 A false thing [is] the horse for safety, And by the abundance of his strength He doth not deliver.

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

18 Lo, the eye of Jehovah [is] to those fearing Him, To those waiting for His kindness,

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

19 To deliver from death their soul, And to keep them alive in famine.

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

20 Our soul hath waited for Jehovah, Our help and our shield [is] He,

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

21 For in Him doth our heart rejoice, For in His holy name we have trusted.

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

22 Let Thy kindness, O Jehovah, be upon us, As we have waited for Thee!

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