Psalms 63
1 `The salm of Dauid, `whanne he was in the desert of Judee. God, my God, Y wake to thee ful eerli. Mi soule thirstide to thee; my fleisch thirstide to thee ful many foold.
O Elohim, thou art my El; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
2 In a lond forsakun with out wei, and with out water, so Y apperide to thee in hooli; that Y schulde se thi vertu, and thi glorie.
To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
3 For thi merci is betere than lyues; my lippis schulen herie thee.
Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.
4 So Y schal blesse thee in my lijf; and in thi name Y schal reise myn hondis.
Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.
5 Mi soule be fillid as with inner fatnesse and vttermere fatnesse; and my mouth schal herie with lippis of ful out ioiyng.
My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:
6 So Y hadde mynde on thee on my bed, in morewtidis Y shal thenke of thee;
When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.
7 for thou were myn helpere. And in the keueryng of thi wyngis Y schal make `ful out ioye, my soule cleuede after thee;
Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.
8 thi riythond took me vp.
My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.
9 Forsothe thei souyten in veyn my lijf, thei schulen entre in to the lower thingis of erthe;
But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
10 thei schulen be bitakun in to the hondis of swerd, thei schulen be maad the partis of foxis.
They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.
11 But the king schal be glad in God; and alle men schulen be preysid that sweren in hym, for the mouth of hem, that speken wickid thingis, is stoppid.
But the king shall rejoice in Elohim; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
