1 WYC The title of the foure and thrittithe salm. `To Dauid. Lord, deme thou hem, that anoien me; ouercome thou hem, that fiyten ayens me. BSB BSB: Of David. Contend with my opponents, O LORD; fight against those who fight against me.
2 WYC Take thou armeris and scheeld; and rise vp into help to me. BSB BSB: Take up Your shield and buckler; arise and come to my aid.
3 WYC Schede out the swerd, and close togidere ayens hem that pursuen me; seie thou to my soule, Y am thin helthe. BSB BSB: Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers; say to my soul: “I am your salvation.”
4 WYC Thei that seken my lijf; be schent, and aschamed. Thei that thenken yuels to me; be turned awei bacward, and be schent. BSB BSB: May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.
5 WYC Be thei maad as dust bifor the face of the wynd; and the aungel of the Lord make hem streit. BSB BSB: May they be like chaff in the wind, as the angel of the LORD drives them away.
6 WYC Her weie be maad derknesse, and slydirnesse; and the aungel of the Lord pursue hem. BSB BSB: May their path be dark and slick, as the angel of the LORD pursues.
7 WYC For with out cause thei hidden to me the deth of her snare; in veyn thei dispisiden my soule. BSB BSB: For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.
8 WYC The snare which he knoweth not come to hym, and the takyng which he hidde take hym; and fall he in to the snare in that thing. BSB BSB: May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created.
9 WYC But my soule schal fulli haue ioye in the Lord; and schal delite on his helthe. BSB BSB: Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD and exult in His salvation.
10 WYC Alle my boonys schulen seie, Lord, who is lijk thee? Thou delyuerist a pore man fro the hond of his strengere; a nedi man and pore fro hem that diuersely rauischen hym. BSB BSB: All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?”
11 WYC Wickid witnessis risynge axiden me thingis, whiche Y knewe not. BSB BSB: Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.
12 WYC Thei yeldiden to me yuels for goodis; bareynnesse to my soule. BSB BSB: They repay me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.
13 WYC But whanne thei weren diseseful to me; Y was clothid in an heire. I mekide my soule in fastyng; and my preier schal be turned `with ynne my bosum. BSB BSB: Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.
14 WYC I pleside so as oure neiybore, as oure brother; Y was `maad meke so as morenynge and sorewful. BSB BSB: I paced about as for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning for his mother.
15 WYC And thei weren glad, and camen togidere ayens me; turmentis weren gaderid on me, and Y knew not. BSB BSB: But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing.
16 WYC Thei weren scaterid, and not compunct, thei temptiden me, thei scornyden me with mowyng; thei gnastiden on me with her teeth. BSB BSB: Like godless jesters at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me.
17 WYC Lord, whanne thou schalt biholde, restore thou my soule fro the wickidnesse of hem; `restore thou myn oon aloone fro liouns. BSB BSB: How long, O Lord, will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages, my precious life from these lions.
18 WYC I schal knowleche to thee in a greet chirche; Y schal herie thee in a sad puple. BSB BSB: Then I will give You thanks in the great assembly; I will praise You among many people.
19 WYC Thei that ben aduersaries wickidli to me, haue not ioye on me; that haten me with out cause, and bikenen with iyen. BSB BSB: Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause, nor those who hate me without reason wink in malice.
20 WYC For sotheli thei spaken pesibli to me; and thei spekynge in wrathfulnesse of erthe thouyten giles. BSB BSB: For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful schemes against those who live quietly in the land.
21 WYC And thei maden large her mouth on me; thei seiden, Wel, wel! oure iyen han sien. BSB BSB: They gape at me and say, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen!”
22 WYC Lord, thou hast seen, be thou not stille; Lord, departe thou not fro me. BSB BSB: O LORD, You have seen it; be not silent. O Lord, be not far from me.
23 WYC Rise vp, and yyue tent to my doom; my God and my Lord, biholde in to my cause. BSB BSB: Awake and rise to my defense, to my cause, my God and my Lord!
24 WYC Mi Lord God, deme thou me bi thi riytfulnesse; and haue thei not ioye on me. BSB BSB: Vindicate me by Your righteousness, O LORD my God, and do not let them gloat over me.
25 WYC Seie thei not in her hertis, Wel, wel, to oure soule; nether seie thei, We schulen deuoure hym. BSB BSB: Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, just what we wanted!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up!”
26 WYC Shame thei, and drede thei togidere; that thanken for myn yuels. Be thei clothid with schame and drede; that speken yuele thingis on me. BSB BSB: May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.
27 WYC Haue thei ful ioie, and be thei glad that wolen my riytfulnesse; and seie thei euere, The Lord be magnyfied, whiche wolen the pees of his seruaunt. BSB BSB: May those who favor my vindication shout for joy and gladness; may they always say, “Exalted be the LORD who delights in His servant’s well-being.”
28 WYC And my tunge schal bithenke thi riytfulnesse; al day thin heriyng. BSB BSB: Then my tongue will proclaim Your righteousness and Your praises all day long.
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