1 WYC Forsothe Dauid spak to the Lord the wordis of this song, in the dai in which the Lord delyuerede hym fro the hond of alle hise enemyes, and fro the hond of Saul. BSB BSB: And David sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.
2 WYC And Dauid seide, The Lord is my stoon, and my strengthe, and my sauyour; BSB BSB: He said: “The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer.
3 WYC my God, my stronge, I schal hope in to hym; my scheeld, and the horn of myn helthe, `my reisere, and my refuyt; my sauyour, thou schalt delyuere me fro wickidnesse. BSB BSB: My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation. My stronghold, my refuge, and my Savior, You save me from violence.
4 WYC Y schal inwardly clepe the Lord worthi to be preisid; and Y schal be saaf fro myn enemyes. BSB BSB: I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.
5 WYC For the sorewis of deeth cumpasside me; the strondis of Belial maden me aferd. BSB BSB: For the waves of death engulfed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.
6 WYC The coordis of helle cumpassiden me; the snaris of deeth camen bifor me. BSB BSB: The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
7 WYC In tribulacioun Y schal clepe, `that is, Y clepide thee, Lord, and Y schal crie to my God; and he herd fro his holi temple my vois, and my crye schal come to hise eeris. BSB BSB: In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried out to my God. And from His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for help reached His ears.
8 WYC The erthe was mouyd, and tremblide; the foundementis of hillis weren smytun and schakun togidere, for the Lord was wrooth to hem. BSB BSB: Then the earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the heavens trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.
9 WYC Smoke stiede fro hise nosethirlis, and fier of his mouth schal deuoure; colis weren kyndlid of it. BSB BSB: Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.
10 WYC And he bowide heuenes, and cam doun; and myist vndur hise feet. BSB BSB: He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.
11 WYC And he stiede on cherubyn, and fliy; and he slood on the pennys of wynd. BSB BSB: He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.
12 WYC He puttide derknessis hidyng place in his cumpas, and riddlide watris fro the cloudis of heuenes; BSB BSB: He made darkness a canopy around Him, a gathering of water and thick clouds.
13 WYC for briytnesse in his siyt colis of fier weren kyndelid. BSB BSB: From the brightness of His presence coals of fire blazed forth.
14 WYC The Lord schal thundur fro heuene; and hiy God schal yyue his vois. BSB BSB: The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.
15 WYC He sente hise arowis, and scateride hem; he sente leitis, and wastide hem. BSB BSB: He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.
16 WYC And the schedyngis out of the see apperiden, and the foundementis of the world weren schewid; fro the blamyng of the Lord, fro the brething of the spirit of his strong veniaunce. BSB BSB: The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed at the rebuke of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of His nostrils.
17 WYC He sente fro heuene, and took me; and drow me out of manye watris. BSB BSB: He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.
18 WYC He delyuerede me fro my myytiest enemy, and fro hem that hatiden me; for thei weren strongere than Y. BSB BSB: He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from foes too mighty for me.
19 WYC Thei camen bifore me in the dai of my turmentyng; and the Lord was maad my stidfastnesse. BSB BSB: They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the LORD was my support.
20 WYC And he ledde me out in to largenesse, and he delyuerede me; for Y pleside hym. BSB BSB: He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.
21 WYC The Lord schal yelde to me vp my riytfulnesse; and he schal yelde to me vp, `ethir aftir, the clennesse of myn hondis. BSB BSB: The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.
22 WYC For Y kepte the weies of the Lord; and Y dide not wickidli fro my God. BSB BSB: For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.
23 WYC For alle hise domes weren in my siyt; and Y dide not awei fro me hise heestis. BSB BSB: For all His ordinances are before me; I have not disregarded His statutes.
24 WYC And Y schal be perfit with hym; and Y schal kepe me fro my wickidnesse. BSB BSB: And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity.
25 WYC And the Lord schal restore to me vpe my riytfulnesse; and vp the clennesse of myn hondis in the siyt of hise iyen. BSB BSB: So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in His sight.
26 WYC With the hooli thou schalt be hooli, and with the stronge, `that is, to suffre aduersitees pacientli, thou schalt be perfit; BSB BSB: To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;
27 WYC and with a chosun man `to blis thou schalt be chosun, and with a weiward man thou schalt be maad weiward, `that is, in yeldynge iustli peyne to hym vpe his weiwardnesse. BSB BSB: to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.
28 WYC And thou schalt make saaf a pore puple; and with thin iyen thou schalt make lowe hem that ben hiye. BSB BSB: You save an afflicted people, but Your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down.
29 WYC For thou, Lord, art my lanterne, and thou, Lord, schalt liytne my derknessis. BSB BSB: For You, O LORD, are my lamp; the LORD lights up my darkness.
30 WYC For Y gird, `that is, maad redi to batel, schal renne in thee, `that is, in thi vertu; and in my God Y schal `scippe ouer the wal. BSB BSB: For in You I can charge an army; with my God I can scale a wall.
31 WYC `God his weie is `with out wem; the speche of the Lord is examynyd bi fier, `that is, is pure and clene as metal preuyd in the furneys; he is a scheeld of alle men hopynge in hym. BSB BSB: As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
32 WYC For who is God, outakun the Lord; and who is strong, outakun oure God? BSB BSB: For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?
33 WYC God, that hath gird me with strengthe, and hath maad pleyn my perfit weie; BSB BSB: God is my strong fortress, and He makes my way clear.
34 WYC and he made euene my feet with hertis, and settide me on myn hiye thingis; BSB BSB: He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights.
35 WYC and he tauyte myn hondis to batel, and made myn armes as a brasun bouwe. BSB BSB: He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
36 WYC Thou hast youe to me the sheeld of thin heelthe; and my myldenesse multipliede me. BSB BSB: You have given me Your shield of salvation, and Your gentleness exalts me.
37 WYC Thou schalt alarge my steppis vndur me; and myn heelis schulen not faile. BSB BSB: You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.
38 WYC Y schal pursue myn enemyes, and Y schal al to-breke hem; and Y schal not turne ayen, til Y waste hem. BSB BSB: I pursued my enemies and destroyed them; I did not turn back until they were consumed.
39 WYC Y schal waste hem, and Y schal breke, that thei rise not; thei schulen falle vndur my feet. BSB BSB: I devoured and crushed them so they could not rise; they have fallen under my feet.
40 WYC Thou hast gird me with strengthe to batel; thou hast bowid vnder me hem that ayenstoden me. BSB BSB: You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.
41 WYC Thou hast youe myn enemyes abac to me, men hatynge me; and Y schal distrie hem. BSB BSB: You have made my enemies retreat before me; I destroyed those who hated me.
42 WYC Thei schulen crye, `that is, to ydols ether to mennus help, and noon schal be that schal saue; `thei schulen crie to the Lord, and he schal not here hem. BSB BSB: They looked, but there was no one to save them—to the LORD, but He did not answer.
43 WYC Y schal do awei hem as the dust of erthe; Y schal `powne hem, and Y schal do awei as the clei of stretis. BSB BSB: I ground them as the dust of the earth; I crushed and trampled them like mud in the streets.
44 WYC Thou schalt saue me fro ayenseiyngis of my puple; thou schalt kepe me in to the heed of folkis; the puple, whom Y knowe not, schal serue me. BSB BSB: You have delivered me from the strife of my people; You have preserved me as the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.
45 WYC Alien sones schulen ayenstonde me; bi heryng of eere thei schulen obeie to me. BSB BSB: Foreigners cower before me; when they hear me, they obey me.
46 WYC Alien sones fletiden awei; and thei schulen be drawun togidere in her angwischis. BSB BSB: Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their strongholds.
47 WYC The Lord lyueth, and my God is blessid; and the stronge God of myn helthe schal be enhaunsid. BSB BSB: The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may God, the Rock of my salvation, be exalted—
48 WYC God, that yyuest veniauncis to me; and hast cast doun puplis vndur me. BSB BSB: the God who avenges me and brings down nations beneath me,
49 WYC Which ledist me out fro myn enemyes, and reisist me fro men ayenstondinge me; thou schalt deliuere me fro the wickid man. BSB BSB: who frees me from my enemies. You exalt me above my foes; You rescue me from violent men.
50 WYC Therfor, Lord, Y schal knowleche to thee in hethene men; and Y schal synge to thi name. BSB BSB: Therefore I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing praises to Your name.
51 WYC And he magnyfieth the helthis of his kyng; and doith mercyes to his crist Dauid, and to his seed til in to withouten ende. BSB BSB: Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.”
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