Psalms 64

1 For the end, a Psalm of David. Hear my prayer, O God, when I make my petition to you; deliver my soul from fear of the enemy.

`In Ebrewe thus, To the victorie, the salm of Dauid. `In Jerom `thus, To the ouercomer, the song of Dauid. God, here thou my preier, whanne Y biseche; delyuere thou my soule fro the drede of the enemy.

2 You have sheltered me from the conspiracy of them that do wickedly; from the multitude of them that work iniquity;

Thou hast defendid me fro the couent of yuele doers; fro the multitude of hem that worchen wickidnesse.

3 who have sharpened their tongues as a sword; they have bent their bow maliciously;

For thei scharpiden her tungis as a swerd, thei benten a bowe, a bittir thing;

4 to shoot in secret at the blameless; they will shoot him suddenly, and will not fear.

for to schete in priuetees hym that is vnwemmed.

5 They have set up for themselves an evil matter, they have given counsel to hide snares; they have said, Who shall see them?

Sodeynli thei schulen schete hym, and thei schulen not drede; thei maden stidefast to hem silf a wickid word. Thei telden, that thei schulden hide snaris; thei seiden, Who schal se hem?

6 They have searched out iniquity; they have wearied themselves with searching diligently, a man shall approach and the heart is deep,

Thei souyten wickidnessis; thei souyten, and failiden in sekinge. A man neiyhe to deep herte;

7 and God shall be exalted, their wounds were [caused by] the weapon of the foolish children,

and God schal be enhaunsid. The arowis of `litle men ben maad the woundis of hem;

8 and their tongues have set him at nothing, all that saw them were troubled;

and the tungis of hem ben maad sijk ayens hem. Alle men ben disturblid, that sien hem;

9 and every man was alarmed, and they related the works of God, and understood his deeds.

and ech man dredde. And thei telden the werkis of God; and vndurstoden the dedis of God.

10 The righteous shall rejoice in the Lord, and hope on him, and all the upright in heart shall be praised.

The iust man schal be glad in the Lord, and schal hope in hym; and alle men of riytful herte schulen be preisid.