Psalms 37
1 A Psalme of David. Fret not thy selfe because of the wicked men, neither be enuious for the euill doers.
To Dauith. Nile thou sue wickid men; nether loue thou men doynge wickidnesse.
2 For they shall soone bee cut downe like grasse, and shall wither as the greene herbe.
For thei schulen wexe drie swiftli as hey; and thei schulen falle doun soone as the wortis of eerbis.
3 Trust thou in the Lord and do good: dwell in the land, and thou shalt be fed assuredly.
Hope thou in the Lord, and do thou goodnesse; and enhabite thou the lond, and thou schalt be fed with hise richessis.
4 And delite thy selfe in the Lord, and hee shall giue thee thine hearts desire.
Delite thou in the Lord; and he schal yyue to thee the axyngis of thin herte.
5 Commit thy way vnto the Lord, and trust in him, and he shall bring it to passe.
Schewe thi weie to the Lord; and hope thou in hym, and he schal do.
6 And he shall bring foorth thy righteousnes as the light, and thy iudgement as the noone day.
And he schal lede out thi riytfulnesse as liyt, and thi doom as myddai;
7 Waite patiently vpon the Lord and hope in him: fret not thy selfe for him which prospereth in his way: nor for the man that bringeth his enterprises to passe.
be thou suget to the Lord, and preye thou hym. Nile thou sue hym, that hath prosperite in his weie; a man doynge vnriytfulnessis.
8 Cease from anger, and leaue off wrath: fret not thy selfe also to doe euill.
Ceese thou of ire, and forsake woodnesse; nyle thou sue, that thou do wickidli.
9 For euill doers shalbe cut off, and they that wait vpon the Lord, they shall inherite the land.
For thei, that doen wickidli, schulen be distried; but thei that suffren the Lord, schulen enerite the lond.
10 Therefore yet a litle while, and the wicked shall not appeare, and thou shalt looke after his place, and he shall not be found.
And yit a litil, and a synnere schal not be; and thou schalt seke his place, and schalt not fynde.
11 But meeke men shall possesse the earth, and shall haue their delite in the multitude of peace.
But mylde men schulen enerite the lond; and schulen delite in the multitude of pees.
12 The wicked practiseth against the iust, and gnasheth his teeth against him.
A synnere schal aspie a riytful man; and he schal gnaste with hise teeth on hym.
13 But the Lord shall laugh him to scorne: for he seeth, that his day is comming.
But the Lord schal scorne the synnere; for he biholdith that his day cometh.
14 The wicked haue drawen their sworde, and haue bent their bowe, to cast downe the poore and needie, and to slay such as be of vpright conuersation.
Synners drowen out swerd; thei benten her bouwe. To disseyue a pore man and nedi; to strangle riytful men of herte.
15 But their sword shall enter into their owne heart, and their bowes shalbe broken.
Her swerd entre in to the herte of hem silf; and her bouwe be brokun.
16 A small thing vnto the iust man is better, then great riches to the wicked and mightie.
Betere is a litil thing to a iust man; than many richessis of synneris.
17 For the armes of the wicked shall be broken: but the Lord vpholdeth the iust men.
For the armes of synneris schal be al to-brokun; but the Lord confermeth iust men.
18 The Lord knoweth the dayes of vpright men, and their inheritance shall bee perpetuall.
The Lord knowith the daies of vnwemmed; and her heritage schal be withouten ende.
19 They shall not be confounded in the perilous time, and in the daies of famine they shall haue ynough.
Thei schulen not be schent in the yuel tyme, and thei schulen be fillid in the dayes of hungur;
20 But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall be consumed as the fatte of lambes: euen with the smoke shall they consume away.
for synneris schulen perische. Forsothe anoon as the enemyes of the Lord ben onourid, and enhaunsid; thei failynge schulen faile as smoke.
21 The wicked boroweth and payeth not againe. but the righteous is mercifull, and giueth.
A synnere schal borewe, and schal not paie; but a iust man hath merci, and schal yyue.
22 For such as be blessed of God, shall inherite the lande, and they that be cursed of him, shalbe cut off.
For thei that blessen the Lord schulen enerite the lond; but thei that cursen hym schulen perische.
23 The pathes of man are directed by the Lord: for he loueth his way.
The goyng of a man schal be dressid anentis the Lord; and he schal wilne his weie.
24 Though he fall, hee shall not be cast off: for the Lord putteth vnder his hand.
Whanne he fallith, he schal not be hurtlid doun; for the Lord vndursettith his hond.
25 I haue beene yong, and am olde: yet I sawe neuer the righteous forsaken, nor his seede begging bread.
I was yongere, and sotheli Y wexide eld, and Y siy not a iust man forsakun; nethir his seed sekynge breed.
26 But hee is euer mercifull and lendeth, and his seede enioyeth the blessing.
Al dai he hath merci, and leeneth; and his seed schal be in blessyng.
27 Flee from euill and doe good, and dwell for euer.
Bouwe thou awei fro yuel, and do good; and dwelle thou in to the world of world.
28 For the Lord loueth iudgement, and forsaketh not his Saintes: they shall be preserued for euermore: but the seede of the wicked shall be cut off.
For the Lord loueth doom, and schal not forsake hise seyntis; thei schulen be kept with outen ende. Vniust men schulen be punyschid; and the seed of wickid men schal perische.
29 The righteous men shall inherit the lande, and dwell therein for euer.
But iust men schulen enerite the lond; and schulen enabite theronne in to the world of world.
30 The mouth of the righteous will speake of wisedome, and his tongue will talke of iudgement.
The mouth of a iust man schal bithenke wisdom; and his tunge schal speke doom.
31 For the Lawe of his God is in his heart, and his steppes shall not slide.
The lawe of his God is in his herte; and hise steppis schulen not be disseyued.
32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
A synnere biholdith a iust man; and sekith to sle hym.
33 But the Lord wil not leaue him in his hand, nor condemne him, when he is iudged.
But the Lord schal not forsake hym in hise hondis; nethir schal dampne hym, whanne it schal be demed ayens hym.
34 Waite thou on the Lord, and keepe his way, and he shall exalt thee, that thou shalt inherite the lande: when the wicked men shall perish, thou shalt see.
Abide thou the Lord, and kepe thou his weie, and he schal enhaunse thee, that bi eritage thou take the lond; whanne synneris schulen perische, thou schalt se.
35 I haue seene the wicked strong, and spreading himselfe like a greene bay tree.
I siy a wickid man enhaunsid aboue; and reisid vp as the cedris of Liban.
36 Yet he passed away, and loe, he was gone, and I sought him, but he could not be founde.
And Y passide, and lo! he was not; Y souyte hym, and his place is not foundun.
37 Marke the vpright man, and beholde the iust: for the end of that man is peace.
Kepe thou innocence, and se equite; for tho ben relikis to a pesible man.
38 But the transgressours shall be destroyed together, and the ende of the wicked shall bee cut off.
Forsothe vniust men schulen perische; the relifs of wickid men schulen perische togidere.
39 But the saluation of the righteous men shalbe of the Lord: he shalbe their strength in the time of trouble.
But the helthe of iust men is of the Lord; and he is her defendere in the tyme of tribulacioun.
40 For the Lord shall helpe them, and deliuer them: he shall deliuer them from the wicked, and shall saue them, because they trust in him.
And the Lord schal helpe hem, and schal make hem fre, and he schal delyuere hem fro synneris; and he schal saue hem, for thei hopiden in hym.
