Psalms 60

1 To the chief music-maker; put to Shushan-eduth. Michtam. Of David. For teaching. When he was fighting against Aram-naharaim and Aramzobah, when Joab came back, and put twelve thousand of the Edomites to death, in the Valley of Salt. God, you have put us away from you, you have sent us in all directions, you have been angry; O be turned to us again.

`In Ebreu thus, To victorie, on the witnessyng of roose, the swete song of Dauid, to teche, `whanne he fauyte ayens Aram of floodis, and Sirie of Soba; and Joab turnede ayen, and smoot Edom in the `valei of salt pittis, twelue thousynde. `In Jeroms translacioun thus, To the ouercomer for lilies, the witnessing of meke and parfit Dauid, to teche, whanne he fauyte ayens Sirie of Mesopotamye, and Soba, and so forth. God, thou hast put awei vs, and thou hast distried vs; thou were wrooth, and thou hast do merci to vs.

2 By the power of your hand the earth is shaking and broken; make it strong again, for it is moved.

Thou mouedist the erthe, and thou disturblidist it; make thou hool the sorewis therof, for it is moued.

3 You have made the people see hard times; you have given us the wine of shaking for our drink.

Thou schewidist harde thingis to thi puple; thou yauest drynk to vs with the wyn of compunccioun.

4 Give a safe place to those who have fear of you, where they may go in flight from before the bow. (Selah)

Thou hast youe a signefiyng to hem that dreden thee; that thei fle fro the face of the bouwe. That thi derlyngis be delyuered;

5 So that your loved ones may be made safe, let your right hand be my salvation, and give me an answer.

make thou saaf with thi riyt hond `the puple of Israel, and here thou me.

6 God has said in his holy place, I will be glad: I will make a division of Shechem, and the valley of Succoth will be measured out.

God spak bi his hooli; Y schal be glad, and Y schal departe Siccimam, and Y schal meete the greet valei of tabernaclis.

7 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; and Ephraim is the strength of my head; Judah is my law-giver;

Galaad is myn, and Manasses is myn; and Effraym is the strengthe of myn heed.

8 Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I put out my shoe; over Philistia will a glad cry be sounded.

Juda is my king; Moab is the pot of myn hope. In to Idumee Y schal stretche forth my scho; aliens ben maad suget to me.

9 Who will take me into the strong town? who will be my guide into Edom?

Who schal lede me in to a citee maad strong; who schal leede me til in to Ydumee?

10 Have not you put us away, O God? and you have not gone out with our armies.

Whether not thou, God, that hast put awei vs; and schalt thou not, God, go out in oure vertues?

11 Give us help in our trouble; for there is no help in man.

Lord, yyue thou to vs help of tribulacioun; for the heelthe of man is veyn.

12 Through God we will do great things, for through him our haters will be crushed under our feet.

In God we schulen make vertu; and he schal bringe to nouyt hem that disturblen vs.