Psalms 17

1 The preier of Dauid. Lord, here thou my riytfulnesse; biholde thou my preier. Perseuye thou with eeris my preier; not maad in gileful lippis.

Hear the right, O YHWH, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.

2 Mi doom come `forth of thi cheer; thin iyen se equite.

Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.

3 Thou hast preued myn herte, and hast visitid in niyt; thou hast examynyd me bi fier, and wickidnesse is not foundun in me.

Thou has proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou has tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

4 That my mouth speke not the werkis of men; for the wordis of thi lippis Y haue kept harde weies.

Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.

5 Make thou perfit my goyngis in thi pathis; that my steppis be not moued.

Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.

6 I criede, for thou, God, herdist me; bowe doun thin eere to me, and here thou my wordis.

I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O El: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.

7 Make wondurful thi mercies; that makist saaf `men hopynge in thee.

Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them.

8 Kepe thou me as the appil of the iye; fro `men ayenstondynge thi riyt hond. Keuere thou me vndur the schadewe of thi wyngis;

Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,

9 fro the face of vnpitouse men, that han turmentid me. Myn enemyes han cumpassid my soule;

From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.

10 thei han closide togidere her fatnesse; the mouth of hem spak pride.

They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.

11 Thei castiden me forth, and han cumpassid me now; thei ordeyneden to bowe doun her iyen in to erthe.

They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;

12 Thei, as a lioun maad redi to prey, han take me; and as the whelp of a lioun dwellynge in hid places.

Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

13 Lord, rise thou vp, bifor come thou hym, and disseyue thou hym; delyuere thou my lijf fro the `vnpitouse,

Arise, O YHWH, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:

14 delyuere thou thi swerd fro the enemyes of thin hond. Lord, departe thou hem fro a fewe men of `the lond in the lijf of hem; her wombe is fillid of thin hid thingis. Thei ben fillid with sones; and thei leften her relifis to her litle children.

From men which are thy hand, O YHWH, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

15 But Y in riytfulnesse schal appere to thi siyt; Y schal be fillid, whanne thi glorie schal appere.

As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.