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| [1]The `title of the two and seuentithe salm. `The salm of Asaph. God of Israel is ful good; to hem that ben of riytful herte. |
[1]Give thy judgments to the king, O God, and thy righteousness to the king's son. |
| [2]But my feet weren moued almeest; my steppis weren sched out almeest. |
[2]Then shall he judge thy people in righteousness, and thy poor with equity. |
| [3]For Y louede feruentli on wickid men; seynge the pees of synneris. |
[3]The mountains and the hills shall bring peace to the people by justice. |
| [4]For biholdyng is not to the deth of hem; and stidefastnesse in the sikenesse of hem. |
[4]He shall judge the poor of the people: he shall save the children of the needy, and shall subdue the oppressor. |
| [5]Thei ben not in the trauel of men; and thei schulen not be betun with men. |
[5]They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endureth, from generation to generation. |
| [6]Therfore pride helde hem; thei weren hilid with her wickidnesse and vnfeithfulnesse. |
[6]He shall come down like the rain upon the mown grass, and as the showers that water the earth. |
| [7]The wickidnesse of hem cam forth as of fatnesse; thei yeden in to desire of herte. |
[7]In his days shall the righteous flourish, and abundance of peace shall be so long as the moon endureth. |
| [8]Thei thouyten and spaken weiwardnesse; thei spaken wickidnesse an hiy. |
[8]His dominion shall be also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the land. |
| [9]Thei puttiden her mouth in to heuene; and her tunge passide in erthe. |
[9]They that dwell in the wilderness, shall kneel before him, and his enemies shall lick the dust. |
| [10]Therfor my puple schal be conuertid here; and fulle daies schulen be foundun in hem. |
[10]The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Sheba shall bring gifts. |
| [11]And thei seiden, How woot God; and whether kunnyng is an heiye, `that is, in heuene? |
[11]Yea, all kings shall worship him: all nations shall serve him. |
| [12]Lo! thilke synneris and hauynge aboundance in the world; helden richessis. |
[12]For he shall deliver the poor when he cryeth: the needy also, and him that hath no helper. |
| [13]And Y seide, Therfor without cause Y iustifiede myn herte; and waischide myn hoondis among innocentis. |
[13]He shall be merciful to the poor and needy, and shall preserve the souls of the poor. |
| [14]And Y was betun al dai; and my chastisyng was in morutidis. |
[14]He shall redeem their souls from deceit and violence, and dear shall their blood be in his sight. |
| [15]If Y seide, Y schal telle thus; lo! Y repreuede the nacioun of thi sones. |
[15]Yea, he shall live, and unto him shall they give of the gold of Sheba: they shall also pray for him continually, and daily bless him. |
| [16]I gesside, that Y schulde knowe this; trauel is bifore me. |
[16]An handful of corn shall be sown in the earth, even in the top of the mountains, and the fruit thereof shall shake like the trees of Lebanon: and the children shall flourish out of the city like the grass of the earth. |
| [17]Til Y entre in to the seyntuarie of God; and vndurstonde in the last thingis of hem. |
[17]His name shall be forever: his name shall endure as long as the sun: all nations shall bless him, and be blessed in him. |
| [18]Netheles for gilis thou hast put to hem; thou castidist hem doun, while thei weren reisid. |
[18]Blessed be the Lord God, even the God of Israel, which only doeth wondrous things. |
| [19]Hou ben thei maad into desolacioun; thei failiden sodeynli, thei perischiden for her wickidnesse. |
[19]And blessed be his glorious name forever: and let all the earth be filled with his glory. So be it, even so be it. |
| [20]As the dreem of men that risen; Lord, thou schalt dryue her ymage to nouyt in thi citee. |
[20]Here end the prayers of David, the son of Jesse. |