Psalms 64

1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint: preserve my life 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 Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers; from the tumult of the workers of iniquity:

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

3 Who have whet their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrows, even bitter words:

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

4 That they may shoot in secret places at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

for to schete in priuetees hym that is vnwemmed.

5 They encourage themselves in an evil purpose; they commune of laying snares privily; they say, 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 search out iniquities; We have accomplished, [say they], a diligent search: and the inward thought of every one, and the heart, is deep.

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

7 But God shall shoot at them; with an arrow suddenly shall they be wounded.

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

8 So they shall be made to stumble, their own tongue being against them: all that see them shall wag the head.

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

9 And all men shall fear; and they shall declare the work of God, and shall wisely consider of his doing.

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

10 The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.

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