Psalms 83
Psalms chapter 83 from the John Wycliffe Bible (c.1395)
1 And Y seide, Therfor without cause Y iustifiede myn herte; and waischide myn hoondis among innocentis. 2 And Y was betun al dai; and my chastisyng was in morutidis. 3 If Y seide, Y schal telle thus; lo! Y repreuede the nacioun of thi sones. 4 I gesside, that Y schulde knowe this; trauel is bifore me. 5 Til Y entre in to the seyntuarie of God; and vndurstonde in the last thingis of hem. 6 Netheles for gilis thou hast put to hem; thou castidist hem doun, while thei weren reisid. 7 Hou ben thei maad into desolacioun; thei failiden sodeynli, thei perischiden for her wickidnesse. 8 As the dreem of men that risen; Lord, thou schalt dryue her ymage to nouyt in thi citee. 9 For myn herte is enflaumed, and my reynes ben chaungid; 10 and Y am dryuun to nouyt, and Y wiste not. 11 As a werk beeste Y am maad at thee; and Y am euere with thee. 12 Thou heldist my riythond, and in thi wille thou leddist me forth; and with glorie thou tokist me vp. 13 For whi what is to me in heuene; and what wolde Y of thee on erthe? 14 Mi fleische and myn herte failide; God of myn herte, and my part is God withouten ende. 15 For lo! thei that drawen awei fer hem silf fro thee, `bi deedli synne, schulen perische; thou hast lost alle men that doen fornycacioun fro thee. 16 But it is good to me to cleue to God; and to sette myn hope in the Lord God. That Y telle alle thi prechyngis; in the yatis of the douyter of Syon. 18 The title of the thre and seuentithe salm. The lernyng of Asaph. God, whi hast thou put awei in to the ende; thi strong veniaunce is wrooth on the scheep of thi leesewe?
