1 WYC The title of the thre and seuentithe salm. The lernyng of Asaph. God, whi hast thou put awei in to the ende; thi strong veniaunce is wrooth on the scheep of thi leesewe? BSB BSB: A Maskil of Asaph. Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?
2 WYC Be thou myndeful of thi gadering togidere; which thou haddist in possessioun fro the bigynnyng. Thou ayenbouytist the yerde of thin eritage; the hille of Syon in which thou dwellidist ther ynne. BSB BSB: Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance—Mount Zion, where You dwell.
3 WYC Reise thin hondis in to the prides of hem; hou grete thingis the enemy dide wickidli in the hooli. BSB BSB: Turn Your steps to the everlasting ruins, to everything in the sanctuary the enemy has destroyed.
4 WYC And thei that hatiden thee; hadden glorie in the myddis of thi solempnete. BSB BSB: Your foes have roared within Your meeting place; they have unfurled their banners as signs,
5 WYC Thei settiden her signes, `ethir baneris, signes on the hiyeste, as in the outgoing; and thei knewen not. BSB BSB: like men wielding axes in a thicket of trees
6 WYC As in a wode of trees thei heweden doun with axis the yatis therof in to it silf; thei castiden doun it with an ax, and a brood fallinge ax. BSB BSB: and smashing all the carvings with hatchets and picks.
7 WYC Thei brenten with fier thi seyntuarie; thei defouliden the tabernacle of thi name in erthe. BSB BSB: They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; they have defiled the dwelling place of Your Name.
8 WYC The kynrede of hem seiden togidere in her herte; Make we alle the feest daies of God to ceesse fro the erthe. BSB BSB: They said in their hearts, “We will crush them completely.” They burned down every place where God met us in the land.
9 WYC We han not seyn oure signes, now `no profete is; and he schal no more knowe vs. BSB BSB: There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last.
10 WYC God, hou long schal the enemye seie dispit? the aduersarie territh to ire thi name in to the ende. BSB BSB: How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?
11 WYC Whi turnest thou awei thin hoond, and `to drawe out thi riythond fro the myddis of thi bosum, til in to the ende? BSB BSB: Why do You withdraw Your strong right hand? Stretch it out to destroy them!
12 WYC Forsothe God oure kyng bifore worldis; wrouyte heelthe in the mydis of erthe. BSB BSB: Yet God is my King from ancient times, working salvation on the earth.
13 WYC Thou madist sad the see bi thi vertu; thou hast troblid the heedis of dragouns in watris. BSB BSB: You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea;
14 WYC Thou hast broke the heedis of `the dragoun; thou hast youe hym to mete to the puplis of Ethiopiens. BSB BSB: You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert.
15 WYC Thou hast broke wellis, and strondis; thou madist drie the flodis of Ethan. BSB BSB: You broke open the fountain and the flood; You dried up the ever-flowing rivers.
16 WYC The dai is thin, and the niyt is thin; thou madist the moreutid and the sunne. BSB BSB: The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.
17 WYC Thou madist alle the endis of erthe; somer and veer tyme, thou fourmedist tho. BSB BSB: You set all the boundaries of the earth; You made the summer and winter.
18 WYC Be thou myndeful of this thing, the enemye hath seid schenschip to the Lord; and the vnwijs puple hath excitid to ire thi name. BSB BSB: Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name.
19 WYC Bitake thou not to beestis men knoulechenge to thee; and foryete thou not in to the ende the soulis of thi pore men. BSB BSB: Do not deliver the soul of Your dove to beasts; do not forget the lives of Your afflicted forever.
20 WYC Biholde in to thi testament; for thei that ben maad derk of erthe, ben fillid with the housis of wickidnessis. BSB BSB: Consider Your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.
21 WYC A meke man be not turned awei maad aschamed; a pore man and nedi schulen herie thi name. BSB BSB: Do not let the oppressed retreat in shame; may the poor and needy praise Your name.
22 WYC God, rise vp, deme thou thi cause; be thou myndeful of thin vpbreidyngis, of tho that ben al dai of the vnwise man. BSB BSB: Rise up, O God; defend Your cause! Remember how the fool mocks You all day long.
23 WYC Foryete thou not the voices of thin enemyes; the pride of hem that haten thee, stieth euere. BSB BSB: Do not disregard the clamor of Your adversaries, the uproar of Your enemies that ascends continually.
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