1 WYC The title of the seuene and fiftithe salm. `In Ebreu thus, To victorie; `lese thou not the swete song, ether the semely salm, of Dauid. `In Jeroms translacioun thus, To the ouercomere, that thou lese not Dauid, meke and simple. Forsothe if ye speken riytfulnesse verili; ye sones of men, deme riytfuli. BSB BSB: For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David. Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?
2 WYC For in herte ye worchen wickidnesse in erthe; youre hondis maken redi vnriytfulnessis. BSB BSB: No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.
3 WYC Synneris weren maad aliens fro the wombe; thei erriden fro the wombe, thei spaken false thingis. BSB BSB: The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.
4 WYC Woodnesse is to hem, bi the licnesse of a serpent; as of a deef snake, and stoppynge hise eeris. BSB BSB: Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears,
5 WYC Which schal not here the vois of charmeris; and of a venym makere charmynge wiseli. BSB BSB: refusing to hear the tune of the charmer who skillfully weaves his spell.
6 WYC God schal al to-breke the teeth of hem in her mouth; the Lord schal breke togidere the greet teeth of liouns. BSB BSB: O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; O LORD, tear out the fangs of the lions.
7 WYC Thei schulen come to nouyt, as water rennynge awei; he bente his bouwe, til thei ben maad sijk. BSB BSB: May they vanish like water that runs off; when they draw the bow, may their arrows be blunted.
8 WYC As wexe that fletith awei, thei schulen be takun awei; fier felle aboue, and thei siyen not the sunne. BSB BSB: Like a slug that dissolves in its slime, like a woman’s stillborn child, may they never see the sun.
9 WYC Bifore that youre thornes vndurstoden the ramne; he swolewith hem so in ire, as lyuynge men. BSB BSB: Before your pots can feel the burning thorns—whether green or dry—He will sweep them away.
10 WYC The iust man schal be glad, whanne he schal se veniaunce; he schal waische hise hondis in the blood of a synner. BSB BSB: The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.
11 WYC And a man schal seie treuli, For fruyt is to a iust man; treuli God is demynge hem in erthe. BSB BSB: Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the earth!”
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