1 WYC The title of the nyne and fourtithe salm. The salm of Asaph. God, the Lord of goddis, spak; and clepide the erthe, BSB BSB: A Psalm of Asaph. The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from where the sun rises to where it sets.
2 WYC fro the risynge of the sunne til to the goyng doun. The schap of his fairnesse fro Syon, BSB BSB: From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.
3 WYC God schal come opynli; oure God, and he schal not be stille. Fier schal brenne an hiye in his siyt; and a strong tempest in his cumpas. BSB BSB: Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.
4 WYC He clepide heuene aboue; and the erthe, to deme his puple. BSB BSB: He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that He may judge His people:
5 WYC Gadere ye to hym hise seyntis; that ordeynen his testament aboue sacrifices. BSB BSB: “Gather to Me My saints, who made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”
6 WYC `And heuenes schulen schewe his riytfulnesse; for God is the iuge. BSB BSB: And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah
7 WYC Mi puple, here thou, and Y schal speke to Israel; and Y schal witnesse to thee, Y am God, thi God. BSB BSB: “Hear, O My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God.
8 WYC I schal not repreue thee in thi sacrifices; and thi brent sacrifices ben euere bifor me. BSB BSB: I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me.
9 WYC I schal not take calues of thin hows; nethir geet buckis of thi flockis. BSB BSB: I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens,
10 WYC For alle the wyelde beestis of wodis ben myne; werk beestis, and oxis in hillis. BSB BSB: for every beast of the forest is Mine—the cattle on a thousand hills.
11 WYC I haue knowe alle the volatils of heuene; and the fairnesse of the feeld is with me. BSB BSB: I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field are Mine.
12 WYC If Y schal be hungry, Y schal not seie to thee; for the world and the fulnesse therof is myn. BSB BSB: If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is Mine, and the fullness thereof.
13 WYC Whether Y schal eete the fleischis of boolis? ethir schal Y drynke the blood of geet buckis? BSB BSB: Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
14 WYC Offre thou to God the sacrifice of heriyng; and yelde thin avowis to the hiyeste God. BSB BSB: Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and fulfill your vows to the Most High.
15 WYC And inwardli clepe thou me in the dai of tribulacioun; and Y schal delyuere thee, and thou schalt onoure me. BSB BSB: Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
16 WYC But God seide to the synnere, Whi tellist thou out my riytfulnessis; and takist my testament bi thi mouth? BSB BSB: To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?
17 WYC Sotheli thou hatidist lore; and hast cast awey my wordis bihynde. BSB BSB: For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.
18 WYC If thou siyest a theef, thou `hast runne with hym; and thou settidist thi part with avowtreris. BSB BSB: When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers.
19 WYC Thi mouth was plenteuouse of malice; and thi tunge medlide togidere giles. BSB BSB: You unleash your mouth for evil and harness your tongue to deceit.
20 WYC Thou sittynge spakist ayens thi brother, and thou settidist sclaundir ayens the sone of thi modir; BSB BSB: You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.
21 WYC thou didist these thingis, and Y was stille. Thou gessidist wickidli, that Y schal be lijk thee; Y schal repreue thee, and Y schal sette ayens thi face. BSB BSB: You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.
22 WYC Ye that foryeten God, vndurstonde these thingis; lest sum tyme he rauysche, and noon be that schal delyuere. BSB BSB: Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:
23 WYC The sacrifice of heriyng schal onoure me; and there is the weie, where ynne Y schal schewe to hym the helthe of God. BSB BSB: He who sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and to him who rightly orders his way, I will show the salvation of God.”
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