1 WYC The title of the nynthe salm. In to the ende, for the pryuytees of the sone, the salm of Dauid. Lord, Y schal knouleche to thee in al myn herte; Y schal telle alle thi merueils. BSB BSB: For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm of David. I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart; I will recount all Your wonders.
2 WYC Thou hiyeste, Y schal be glad, and Y schal be fulli ioieful in thee; Y schal synge to thi name. BSB BSB: I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.
3 WYC For thou turnest myn enemy abac; thei schulen be maad feble, and schulen perische fro thi face. BSB BSB: When my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before You.
4 WYC For thou hast maad my doom and my cause; thou, that demest riytfulnesse, `hast set on the trone. BSB BSB: For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.
5 WYC Thou blamedist hethene men, and the wickid perischide; thou hast do awei the name of hem in to the world, and in to the world of world. BSB BSB: You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever.
6 WYC The swerdis of the enemy failiden in to the ende; and thou hast distried the citees of hem. The mynde of hem perischide with sown; BSB BSB: The enemy has come to eternal ruin, and You have uprooted their cities; the very memory of them has vanished.
7 WYC and the Lord dwellith with outen ende. He made redi his trone in doom; and he schal deme the world in equite, BSB BSB: But the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment.
8 WYC he schal deme puplis in riytfulnesse. BSB BSB: He judges the world with justice; He governs the people with equity.
9 WYC And the Lord is maad refuyt, `ether help, `to a pore man; an helpere in couenable tymes in tribulacioun. BSB BSB: The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
10 WYC And thei, that knowen thi name, haue hope in thee; for thou, Lord, hast not forsake hem that seken thee. BSB BSB: Those who know Your name trust in You, for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.
11 WYC Synge ye to the Lord, that dwellith in Syon; telle ye hise studyes among hethene men. BSB BSB: Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim His deeds among the nations.
12 WYC God foryetith not the cry of pore men; for he hath mynde, and sekith the blood of hem. BSB BSB: For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
13 WYC Lord, haue thou merci on me; se thou my mekenesse of myn enemyes. BSB BSB: Be merciful to me, O LORD; see how my enemies afflict me! Lift me up from the gates of death,
14 WYC Which enhaunsist me fro the yatis of deeth; that Y telle alle thi preisyngis in the yatis of the douyter of Syon. BSB BSB: that I may declare all Your praises—that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation.
15 WYC Y schal `be fulli ioyeful in thin helthe; hethene men ben fast set in the perisching, which thei maden. In this snare, which thei hidden, the foot of hem is kauyt. BSB BSB: The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
16 WYC The Lord makynge domes schal be knowun; the synnere is takun in the werkis of hise hondis. BSB BSB: The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah
17 WYC Synneris be turned togidere in to helle; alle folkis, that foryeten God. BSB BSB: The wicked will return to Sheol—all the nations who forget God.
18 WYC For the foryetyng of a pore man schal not be in to the ende; the pacience of pore men schal not perische in to the ende. BSB BSB: For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.
19 WYC Lord, rise thou vp, a man be not coumfortid; folkis be demyd in thi siyt. BSB BSB: Rise up, O LORD, do not let man prevail; let the nations be judged in Your presence.
20 WYC Lord, ordeine thou a lawe makere on hem; wite folkis, that thei ben men. BSB BSB: Lay terror upon them, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men. Selah
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