1 WYC The `title of the eiyte and seuentithe salm. Of Asaph. God, hethene men cam in to thin eritage; thei defouliden thin hooli temple, thei settiden Jerusalem in to the keping of applis. BSB BSB: A Psalm of Asaph. The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.
2 WYC Thei settiden the slayn bodies of thi seruauntis, meetis to the volatilis of heuenes; the fleischis of thi seyntis to the beestis of the erthe. BSB BSB: They have given the corpses of Your servants as food to the birds of the air, the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.
3 WYC Thei schedden out the blood of hem, as watir in the cumpas of Jerusalem; and noon was that biriede. BSB BSB: They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury the dead.
4 WYC We ben maad schenschipe to oure neiyboris; mowynge and scornynge to hem, that ben in oure cumpas. BSB BSB: We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.
5 WYC Lord, hou longe schalt thou be wrooth in to the ende? schal thi veniaunce be kyndelid as fier? BSB BSB: How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?
6 WYC Schede out thin ire in to hethene men, that knowen not thee; and in to rewmes, that clepiden not thi name. BSB BSB: Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, on the kingdoms that refuse to call on Your name,
7 WYC For thei eeten Jacob; and maden desolat his place. BSB BSB: for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland.
8 WYC Haue thou not mynde on oure elde wickidnesses; thi mercies bifore take vs soone, for we ben maad pore greetli. BSB BSB: Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come quickly, for we are brought low.
9 WYC God, oure heelthe, helpe thou vs, and, Lord, for the glorie of thi name delyuer thou vs; and be thou merciful to oure synnes for thi name. BSB BSB: Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; deliver us and atone for our sins, for the sake of Your name.
10 WYC Lest perauenture thei seie among hethene men, Where is the God of hem? and be he knowun among naciouns bifore oure iyen. The veniaunce of the blood of thi seruauntis, which is sched out; the weilyng of feterid men entre in thi siyt. BSB BSB: Why should the nations ask, “Where is their God?” Before our eyes, make known among the nations Your vengeance for the bloodshed of Your servants.
11 WYC Vpe the greetnesse of thin arm; welde thou the sones of slayn men. BSB BSB: May the groans of the captives reach You; by the strength of Your arm preserve those condemned to death.
12 WYC And yelde thou to oure neiyboris seuenfoold in the bosum of hem; the schenschip of hem, which thei diden schenschipfuli to thee, thou Lord. BSB BSB: Pay back into the laps of our neighbors sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You, O Lord.
13 WYC But we that ben thi puple, and the scheep of thi leesewe; schulen knouleche to thee in to the world. In generacioun and in to generacioun; we schulen telle thin heriyng. BSB BSB: Then we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, will thank You forever; from generation to generation we will declare Your praise.
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