Psalms 73
1 `The salm of Asaph. God of Israel is ful good; to hem that ben of riytful herte.
A Psalm for Asaph. How good is God to Israel, to the upright in heart!
2 But my feet weren moued almeest; my steppis weren sched out almeest.
But my feet were almost overthrown; my goings very nearly slipped.
3 For Y louede feruentli on wickid men; seynge the pees of synneris.
For I was jealous of the transgressors, beholding the tranquility of sinners.
4 For biholdyng is not to the deth of hem; and stidefastnesse in the sikenesse of hem.
For there is no sign of reluctance in their death: and [they have] firmness under their affliction.
5 Thei ben not in the trauel of men; and thei schulen not be betun with men.
They are not in the troubles of [other] men; and they shall not be scourged with [other] men.
6 Therfore pride helde hem; thei weren hilid with her wickidnesse and vnfeithfulnesse.
Therefore pride has possessed them; they have clothed themselves with their injustice and ungodliness.
7 The wickidnesse of hem cam forth as of fatnesse; thei yeden in to desire of herte.
Their injustice shall go forth as out of fatness: they have fulfilled their intention.
8 Thei thouyten and spaken weiwardnesse; thei spaken wickidnesse an hiy.
They have taken counsel and spoken in wickedness: they have uttered unrighteousness loftily.
9 Thei puttiden her mouth in to heuene; and her tunge passide in erthe.
They have set their mouth against heaven, and their tongue has gone through upon the earth.
10 Therfor my puple schal be conuertid here; and fulle daies schulen be foundun in hem.
Therefore shall my people return hither: and full days shall be found with them.
11 And thei seiden, How woot God; and whether kunnyng is an heiye, `that is, in heuene?
And they said, How does God know? and is there knowledge in the Most High?
12 Lo! thilke synneris and hauynge aboundance in the world; helden richessis.
Behold, these [are] the sinners, and they that prosper always: they have possessed wealth.
13 And Y seide, Therfor without cause Y iustifiede myn herte; and waischide myn hoondis among innocentis.
And I said, Verily in vain have I justified my heart, and washed my hands in innocency.
14 And Y was betun al dai; and my chastisyng was in morutidis.
For I was plagued all the day, and my reproof [was] every morning.
15 If Y seide, Y schal telle thus; lo! Y repreuede the nacioun of thi sones.
If I said, I will speak thus; behold, I [should] have broken covenant with the generation of thy children.
16 I gesside, that Y schulde knowe this; trauel is bifore me.
And I undertook to understand this, [but] it is too hard for me,
17 Til Y entre in to the seyntuarie of God; and vndurstonde in the last thingis of hem.
until I go into the sanctuary of God; [and so] understand the latter end.
18 Netheles for gilis thou hast put to hem; thou castidist hem doun, while thei weren reisid.
Surely thou hast appointed [judgments] to them because of their crafty dealings: thou hast cast them down when they were lifted up.
19 Hou ben thei maad into desolacioun; thei failiden sodeynli, thei perischiden for her wickidnesse.
How have they become desolate! suddenly they have failed: they have perished because of their iniquity.
20 As the dreem of men that risen; Lord, thou schalt dryue her ymage to nouyt in thi citee.
As the dream of one awakening, O Lord, in thy city thou wilt despise their image.
21 For myn herte is enflaumed, and my reynes ben chaungid;
For my heart has rejoiced, and my reins have been gladdened.
22 and Y am dryuun to nouyt, and Y wiste not.
But I [was] vile and knew not: I became brutish before thee.
23 As a werk beeste Y am maad at thee; and Y am euere with thee.
Yet I am continually with thee: thou hast holden my right hand.
24 Thou heldist my riythond, and in thi wille thou leddist me forth; and with glorie thou tokist me vp.
Thou hast guided me by thy counsel, and thou hast taken me to thyself with glory.
25 For whi what is to me in heuene; and what wolde Y of thee on erthe?
For what have I in heaven [but thee]? and what have I desired upon the earth beside thee?
26 Mi fleische and myn herte failide; God of myn herte, and my part is God withouten ende.
My heart and my flesh have failed: [but] God [is the strength] of my heart, and God is my portion for ever.
27 For lo! thei that drawen awei fer hem silf fro thee, `bi deedli synne, schulen perische; thou hast lost alle men that doen fornycacioun fro thee.
For, behold, they that remove themselves far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed every one that goes a whoring from thee.
28 But it is good to me to cleue to God; and to sette myn hope in the Lord God. That Y telle alle thi prechyngis; in the yatis of the douyter of Syon.
But it is good for me to cleave close to God, to put my trust in the Lord; that I may proclaim all thy praises in the gates of the daughter of Sion.
