Psalm 52 52 Psalms Book 2 Wycliffe Bible (c. 1395) 1 WYC The title of the oon and fiftithe salm. To victorie, the salm of Dauid, `whanne Doech Idumei cam, and telde to Saul, and seide to him, Dauid cam in to the hows of Abymelech. What hast thou glorie in malice; which art miyti in wickidnesse? BSB BSB: For the choirmaster. A Maskil of David. After Doeg the Edomite went to Saul and told him, “David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.” Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long.
2 WYC Al dai thi tunge thouyte vnriytfulnesse; as a scharp rasour thou hast do gile. BSB BSB: Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
3 WYC Thou louedist malice more than benygnite; `thou louedist wickidnesse more than to speke equite. BSB BSB: You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth. Selah
4 WYC Thou louedist alle wordis of casting doun; with a gileful tunge. BSB BSB: You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.
5 WYC Therfor God schal distrie thee in to the ende, he schal drawe thee out bi the roote, and he schal make thee to passe awei fro thi tabernacle; and thi roote fro the lond of lyuynge men. BSB BSB: Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
6 WYC Iust men schulen se, and schulen drede; and thei schulen leiye on hym, and thei schulen seie, Lo! BSB BSB: The righteous will see and fear; they will mock the evildoer, saying,
7 WYC the man that settide not God his helpere. But he hopide in the multitude of his richessis; and hadde maistrie in his vanite. BSB BSB: “Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”
8 WYC Forsothe Y, as a fruytful olyue tre in the hous of God; hopide in the merci of God with outen ende, and in to the world of world. BSB BSB: But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.
9 WYC Y schal knowleche to thee in to the world, for thou hast do mercy to me; and Y schal abide thi name, for it is good in the siyt of thi seyntis. BSB BSB: I will praise You forever, because You have done it. I will wait on Your name—for it is good—in the presence of Your saints.
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