Psalms 35

1 [A Psalm] of David. Plead [my cause], O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.

`To Dauid. Lord, deme thou hem, that anoien me; ouercome thou hem, that fiyten ayens me.

2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.

Take thou armeris and scheeld; and rise vp into help to me.

3 Draw out also the spear, and stop [the way] against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I [am] thy salvation.

Schede out the swerd, and close togidere ayens hem that pursuen me; seie thou to my soule, Y am thin helthe.

4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.

Thei that seken my lijf; be schent, and aschamed. Thei that thenken yuels to me; be turned awei bacward, and be schent.

5 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase [them].

Be thei maad as dust bifor the face of the wynd; and the aungel of the Lord make hem streit.

6 Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.

Her weie be maad derknesse, and slydirnesse; and the aungel of the Lord pursue hem.

7 For without cause have they hid for me their net [in] a pit, [which] without cause they have digged for my soul.

For with out cause thei hidden to me the deth of her snare; in veyn thei dispisiden my soule.

8 Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.

The snare which he knoweth not come to hym, and the takyng which he hidde take hym; and fall he in to the snare in that thing.

9 And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.

But my soule schal fulli haue ioye in the Lord; and schal delite on his helthe.

10 All my bones shall say, LORD, who [is] like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?

Alle my boonys schulen seie, Lord, who is lijk thee? Thou delyuerist a pore man fro the hond of his strengere; a nedi man and pore fro hem that diuersely rauischen hym.

11 False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge [things] that I knew not.

Wickid witnessis risynge axiden me thingis, whiche Y knewe not.

12 They rewarded me evil for good [to] the spoiling of my soul.

Thei yeldiden to me yuels for goodis; bareynnesse to my soule.

13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing [was] sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.

But whanne thei weren diseseful to me; Y was clothid in an heire. I mekide my soule in fastyng; and my preier schal be turned `with ynne my bosum.

14 I behaved myself as though [he had been] my friend [or] brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth [for his] mother.

I pleside so as oure neiybore, as oure brother; Y was `maad meke so as morenynge and sorewful.

15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: [yea], the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew [it] not; they did tear [me], and ceased not:

And thei weren glad, and camen togidere ayens me; turmentis weren gaderid on me, and Y knew not.

16 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.

Thei weren scaterid, and not compunct, thei temptiden me, thei scornyden me with mowyng; thei gnastiden on me with her teeth.

17 Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.

Lord, whanne thou schalt biholde, restore thou my soule fro the wickidnesse of hem; `restore thou myn oon aloone fro liouns.

18 I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.

I schal knowleche to thee in a greet chirche; Y schal herie thee in a sad puple.

19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: [neither] let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

Thei that ben aduersaries wickidli to me, haue not ioye on me; that haten me with out cause, and bikenen with iyen.

20 For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against [them that are] quiet in the land.

For sotheli thei spaken pesibli to me; and thei spekynge in wrathfulnesse of erthe thouyten giles.

21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, [and] said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen [it].

And thei maden large her mouth on me; thei seiden, Wel, wel! oure iyen han sien.

22 [This] thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.

Lord, thou hast seen, be thou not stille; Lord, departe thou not fro me.

23 Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, [even] unto my cause, my God and my Lord.

Rise vp, and yyue tent to my doom; my God and my Lord, biholde in to my cause.

24 Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.

Mi Lord God, deme thou me bi thi riytfulnesse; and haue thei not ioye on me.

25 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

Seie thei not in her hertis, Wel, wel, to oure soule; nether seie thei, We schulen deuoure hym.

26 Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify [themselves] against me.

Shame thei, and drede thei togidere; that thanken for myn yuels. Be thei clothid with schame and drede; that speken yuele thingis on me.

27 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.

Haue thei ful ioie, and be thei glad that wolen my riytfulnesse; and seie thei euere, The Lord be magnyfied, whiche wolen the pees of his seruaunt.

28 And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness [and] of thy praise all the day long.

And my tunge schal bithenke thi riytfulnesse; al day thin heriyng.