1 WYC The title of the eiytetithe salm. To the ouercomer in the pressours of Asaph. Make ye fulli ioye to God, oure helpere; synge ye hertli to God of Jacob. BSB BSB: For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.
2 WYC Take ye a salm, and yyue ye a tympan; a myrie sautere with an harpe. BSB BSB: Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre.
3 WYC Blowe ye with a trumpe in Neomenye; in the noble dai of youre solempnite. BSB BSB: Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and at the full moon on the day of our Feast.
4 WYC For whi comaundement is in Israel; and doom is to God of Jacob. BSB BSB: For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
5 WYC He settide that witnessing in Joseph; whanne he yede out of the lond of Egipt, he herde a langage, which he knew not. BSB BSB: He ordained it as a testimony for Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt, where I heard an unfamiliar language:
6 WYC He turnede a wei his bak fro birthens; hise hondis serueden in a coffyn. BSB BSB: “I relieved his shoulder of the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.
7 WYC In tribulacioun thou inwardli clepidist me, and Y delyuerede thee; Y herde thee in the hid place of tempest, Y preuede thee at the water of ayenseiyng. BSB BSB: You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the cloud of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah
8 WYC My puple, here thou, and Y schal be witnesse ayens thee; BSB BSB: Hear, O My people, and I will warn you: O Israel, if only you would listen to Me!
9 WYC Israel, if thou herist me, a fresche God schal not be in thee, and thou schalt not worschipe an alien god. BSB BSB: There must be no strange god among you, nor shall you bow to a foreign god.
10 WYC For Y am thi Lord God, that ladde thee out of the lond of Egipt; make large thi mouth, and Y schal fille it. BSB BSB: I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.
11 WYC And my puple herde not my vois; and Israel yaue not tente to me. BSB BSB: But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.
12 WYC And Y lefte hem aftir the desiris of her herte; thei schulen go in her fyndyngis. BSB BSB: So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.
13 WYC If my puple hadde herde me; if Israel hadde go in my weies. BSB BSB: If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways,
14 WYC For nouyt in hap Y hadde maad low her enemyes; and Y hadde send myn hond on men doynge tribulacioun to hem. BSB BSB: how soon I would subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their foes!
15 WYC The enemyes of the Lord lieden to hym; and her tyme schal be in to worldis. BSB BSB: Those who hate the LORD would feign obedience, and their doom would last forever.
16 WYC And he fedde hem of the fatnesse of whete; and he fillide hem with hony of the stoon. BSB BSB: But I would feed you the finest wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
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