Psalms 68

1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm or Song of David. Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.

To the victorie, the salm `of the song `of Dauid. God rise vp, and hise enemyes be scaterid; and thei that haten hym fle fro his face.

2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

As smoke failith, faile thei; as wax fletith fro the face of fier, so perische synneris fro the face of God.

3 But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.

And iust men eete, and make fulli ioye in the siyt of God; and delite thei in gladnesse.

4 Sing to God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.

Synge ye to God, seie ye salm to his name; make ye weie to hym, that stieth on the goyng doun, the Lord is name to hym. Make ye fulli ioye in his siyt, enemyes schulen be disturblid fro the face of hym,

5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

which is the fadir of fadirles and modirles children; and the iuge of widewis.

6 God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those who are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

God is in his hooli place; God that makith men of o wille to dwelle in the hous. Which leedith out bi strengthe hem that ben boundun; in lijk maner hem that maken scharp, that dwellen in sepulcris.

7 O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; (Selah)

God, whanne thou yedist out in the siyt of thi puple; whanne thou passidist forth in the desert.

8 The earth shook, the heavens also rained at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

The erthe was moued, for heuenes droppiden doun fro the face of God of Synay; fro the face of God of Israel.

9 Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, by which thou didst confirm thy inheritance, when it was weary.

God, thou schalt departe wilful reyn to thin eritage, and it was sijk; but thou madist it parfit.

10 Thy congregation hath dwelt in it: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.

Thi beestis schulen dwelle therynne; God, thou hast maad redi in thi swetnesse to the pore man.

11 The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that proclaimed it.

The Lord schal yyue a word; to hem that prechen the gospel with myche vertu.

12 Kings of armies fled apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil.

The kyngis of vertues ben maad loued of the derlyng; and to the fairnesse of the hous to departe spuylis.

13 Though ye lie among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.

If ye slepen among the myddil of eritagis, the fetheris of the culuer ben of siluer; and the hyndrere thingis of the bak therof ben in the shynyng of gold.

14 When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in Salmon.

While the king of heuene demeth kyngis theronne, thei schulen be maad whitter then snow in Selmon;

15 The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of Bashan.

the hille of God is a fat hille. The cruddid hil is a fat hil;

16 Why leap ye, ye lofty hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever.

wherto bileuen ye falsli, cruddid hillis? The hil in which it plesith wel God to dwelle ther ynne; for the Lord schal dwelle `in to the ende.

17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.

The chare of God is manyfoold with ten thousynde, a thousynde of hem that ben glad; the Lord was in hem, in Syna, in the hooli.

18 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.

Thou stiedist an hiy, thou tokist caitiftee; thou resseyuedist yiftis among men. For whi thou tokist hem that bileueden not; for to dwelle in the Lord God.

19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. (Selah)

Blessid be the Lord ech dai; the God of oure heelthis schal make an eesie wei to vs.

20 He that is our God is the God of salvation; and to GOD the Lord belong the issues from death.

Oure God is God to make men saaf; and outgoyng fro deeth is of the Lord God.

21 But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such one as goeth on still in his trespasses.

Netheles God schal breke the heedis of hise enemyes; the cop of the heere of hem that goen in her trespassis.

22 The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea:

The Lord seide, Y schal turne fro Basan; Y schal turne in to the depthe of the see.

23 That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thy enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same.

That thi foot be deppid in blood; the tunge of thi doggis be dippid in blood of the enemyes of hym.

24 They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.

God, thei sien thi goyngis yn; the goyngis yn of my God, of my king, which is in the hooli.

25 The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.

Prynces ioyned with syngeris camen bifore; in the myddil of yonge dameselis syngynge in tympans.

26 Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain of Israel.

In chirchis blesse ye God; blesse ye the Lord fro the wellis of Israel.

27 There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah and their counsel, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.

There Beniamyn, a yonge man; in the rauyschyng of mynde. The princis of Juda weren the duykis of hem; the princis of Zabulon, the princis of Neptalym.

28 Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.

God, comaunde thou to thi vertu; God, conferme thou this thing, which thou hast wrouyt in vs.

29 Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents to thee.

Fro thi temple, which is in Jerusalem; kyngis schulen offre yiftis to thee.

30 Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one shall submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war.

Blame thou the wielde beestis of the reheed, the gaderyng togidere of bolis is among the kien of puplis; that thei exclude hem that ben preuyd bi siluer. Distrie thou folkis that wolen batels,

31 Princes shall come out of Egypt; Cush shall soon stretch out her hands to God.

legatis schulen come fro Egipt; Ethiopie schal come bifore the hondis therof to God.

32 Sing to God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises to the Lord; (Selah)

Rewmes of the erthe, synge ye to God; seie ye salm to the Lord.

33 To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.

Singe ye to God; that stiede on the heuene of heuene at the eest. Lo! he schal yyue to his vois the vois of vertu, yyue ye glorie to God on Israel;

34 Ascribe ye strength to God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds.

his greet doyng and his vertu is in the cloudis.

35 O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power to his people. Blessed be God.

God is wondirful in hise seyntis; God of Israel, he schal yyue vertu, and strengthe to his puple; blessid be God.