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| [1]The title of the fyue and fiftithe salm. `In Ebreu thus, To the ouercomyng on the doumb culuer of fer drawing awei, the comely song of Dauid, whanne Filisteis helden hym in Geth. `In Jeroms translacioun thus, To the ouercomer for the doumb culuer, for it yede awei fer. Dauid meke and symple made this salm, whanne Palesteyns helden hym in Geth. |
[1]To the Overseer with stringed instruments. -- An instruction, by David. Give ear, O God, [to] my prayer, And hide not from my supplication. |
| [2]God, haue thou merci on me, for a man hath defoulid me; al dai he impugnyde, and troublide me. |
[2]Attend to me, and answer me, I mourn in my meditation, and make a noise, |
| [3]Myn enemyes defouliden me al dai; for manye fiyteris weren ayens me. |
[3]Because of the voice of an enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked, For they cause sorrow to move against me, And in anger they hate me. |
| [4]Of the hiynesse of dai Y schal drede; but God Y schal hope in thee. |
[4]My heart is pained within me, And terrors of death have fallen on me. |
| [5]In God Y schal preise my wordis; Y hopide in God, Y schal not drede what thing fleisch schal do to me. |
[5]Fear and trembling come in to me, And horror doth cover me. |
| [6]Al dai thei cursiden my wordis; ayens me alle her thouytis weren in to yuel. |
[6]And I say, `Who doth give to me a pinion as a dove? I fly away and rest, |
| [7]Thei schulen dwelle, and schulen hide; thei schulen aspie myn heele. |
[7]Lo, I move far off, I lodge in a wilderness. Selah. |
| [8]As thei abiden my lijf, for nouyt schalt thou make hem saaf; in ire thou schalt breke togidre puplis. |
[8]I hasten escape for myself, From a rushing wind, from a whirlwind. |
| [9]God, Y schewide my lijf to thee; thou hast set my teeris in thi siyt. As and in thi biheest, Lord; |
[9]Swallow up, O Lord, divide their tongue, For I saw violence and strife in a city. |
| [10]thanne myn enemyes schulen be turned abak. In what euere dai Y schal inwardli clepe thee; lo! Y haue knowe, that thou art my God. |
[10]By day and by night they go round it, on its walls. Both iniquity and perverseness [are] in its midst, |
| [11]In God Y schal preise a word; in the Lord Y schal preyse a word. Y schal hope in God; Y schal not drede what thing a man schal do to me. |
[11]Mischiefs [are] in its midst. Fraud and deceit depart not from its street. |
| [12]God, thin auowis ben in me; whiche Y schal yelde heriyngis to thee. |
[12]For an enemy reproacheth me not, or I bear [it], He who is hating me Hath not magnified himself against me, Or I hide from him. |
| [13]For thou hast delyuerid my lijf fro deth, and my feet fro slidyng; that Y pleese bifore God in the liyt of hem that lyuen. |
[13]But thou, a man -- as mine equal, My familiar friend, and mine acquaintance. |
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[14]When together we sweeten counsel, Into the house of God we walk in company. |
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[15]Desolations [are] upon them, They go down [to] Sheol -- alive, For wickedness [is] in their dwelling, in their midst. |
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[16]I -- to God I call, and Jehovah saveth me. |
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[17]Evening, and morning, and noon, I meditate, and make a noise, and He heareth my voice, |
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[18]He hath ransomed in peace my soul From him who is near to me, For with the multitude they were with me. |
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[19]God doth hear and afflict them, And He sitteth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, and fear not God, |
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[20]He hath sent forth his hands against his well-wishers, He hath polluted his covenant. |
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[21]Sweeter than honey hath been his mouth, And his heart [is] war! Softer have been his words than oil, And they [are] drawn [swords]. |
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[22]Cast on Jehovah that which He hath given thee, And He doth sustain thee, He doth not suffer for ever the moving of the righteous. |
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[23]And Thou, O God, dost bring them down To a pit of destruction, Men of blood and deceit reach not to half their days, And I -- I do trust in Thee! |