Wycliffe - Psalms - 88

88:1  The title of the eiyte and eiytetithe salm. The lernyng of Ethan, Ezraite.

88:2  I schal synge with outen ende; the mercies of the Lord. In generacioun and in to generacioun; Y schal telle thi treuthe with my mouth.

88:3  For thou seidist, With outen ende merci schal be bildid in heuenes; thi treuthe schal be maad redi in tho.

88:4  I disposide a testament to my chosun men; Y swoor to Dauid, my seruaunt,

88:5  Til in to with outen ende I schal make redi thi seed. And Y schal bilde thi seete; in generacioun, and in to generacioun.

88:6  Lord, heuenes schulen knouleche thi merueilis; and thi treuthe in the chirche of seyntis.

88:7  For who in the cloudis schal be maad euene to the Lord; schal be lijk God among the sones of God?

88:8  God, which is glorified in the counsel of seyntis; is greet, and dreedful ouere alle that ben in his cumpas.

88:9  Lord God of vertues, who is lijk thee? Lord, thou art miyti, and thi treuthe is in thi cumpas.

88:10  Thou art Lord of the power of the see; forsothe thou aswagist the stiryng of the wawis therof.

88:11  Thou madist lowe the proude, as woundid; in the arm of thi vertu thou hast scaterid thin enemyes.

88:12  Heuenes ben thin, and erthe is thin; thou hast foundid the world, and the fulnesse therof;

88:13  thou madist of nouyt the north and the see. Thabor and Hermon schulen make ful out ioye in thi name;

88:14  thin arm with power. Thin hond be maad stidefast, and thi riythond be enhaunsid;

88:15  riytfulnesse and doom is the makyng redy of thi seete. Merci and treuthe schulen go bifore thi face;

88:16  blessid is the puple that kan hertli song. Lord, thei schulen go in the liyt of thi cheer;

88:17  and in thi name thei schulen make ful out ioye al dai; and thei schulen be enhaunsid in thi riytfulnesse.

88:18  For thou art the glorie of the vertu of hem; and in thi good plesaunce oure horn schal be enhaunsid.

88:19  For oure takyng vp is of the Lord; and of the hooli of Israel oure kyng.

88:20  Thanne thou spakist in reuelacioun to thi seyntis, and seidist, Y haue set help in the myyti; and Y haue enhaunsid the chosun man of my puple.

88:21  I foond Dauid, my seruaunt; Y anoyntide hym with myn hooli oile.

88:22  For myn hond schal helpe him; and myn arm schal conferme hym.

88:23  The enemye schal no thing profite in him; and the sone of wickidnesse schal not `ley to, for to anoye him.

88:24  And Y schal sle hise enemyes fro his face; and Y schal turne in to fliyt hem that haten hym.

88:25  And my treuthe and mercy schal be with him; and his horn schal be enhaunsid in my name.

88:26  And Y schal sette his hond in the see; and his riyt hoond in flodis.

88:27  He schal inwardli clepe me, Thou art my fadir; my God, and the vptaker of myn heelthe.

88:28  And Y schal sette him the firste gendrid sone; hiyer than the kyngis of erthe.

88:29  With outen ende Y schal kepe my merci to hym; and my testament feithful to him.

88:30  And Y schal sette his seed in to the world of world; and his trone as the daies of heuene.

88:31  Forsothe if hise sones forsaken my lawe; and goen not in my domes.

88:32  If thei maken vnhooli my riytfulnessis; and kepen not my comaundementis.

88:33  I schal visite in a yerde the wickidnessis of hem; and in betyngis the synnes of hem.

88:34  But Y schal not scatere my mercy fro hym; and in my treuthe Y schal not anoye hym.

88:35  Nethir Y schal make vnhooli my testament; and Y schal not make voide tho thingis that comen forth of my lippis.

88:36  Onys Y swoor in myn hooli;

88:37  Y schal not lie to Dauid, his seed schal dwelle with outen ende.

88:38  And his trone as sunne in my siyt, and as a perfit mone with outen ende; and a feithful witnesse in heuene.

88:39  But thou hast put awei, and hast dispisid; and hast dilaied thi crist.

88:40  Thou hast turned awei the testament of thi seruaunt; thou madist vnhooli his seyntuarie in erthe.

88:41  Thou distriedist alle the heggis therof; thou hast set the stidefastnesse therof drede.

88:42  Alle men passynge bi the weie rauyschiden him; he is maad schenschipe to hise neiyboris.

88:43  Thou hast enhaunsid the riythond of men oppressinge him; thou hast gladid alle hise enemyes.

88:44  Thou hast turned awei the help of his swerd; and thou helpidist not hym in batel.

88:45  Thou destriedist him fro clensing; and thou hast hurtlid doun his seete in erthe.

88:46  Thou hast maad lesse the daies of his time; thou hast bisched him with schenschip.

88:47  Lord, hou longe turnest thou awei in to the ende; schal thin ire brenne out as fier?

88:48  Bithenke thou what is my substaunce; for whether thou hast ordeyned veynli alle the sones of men?

88:49  Who is a man, that schal lyue, and schal not se deth; schal delyuere his soule fro the hond of helle?

88:50  Lord, where ben thin elde mercies; as thou hast swore to Dauid in thi treuthe?

88:51  Lord, be thou myndeful of the schenschipe of thi seruauntis, of many hethene men; whiche Y helde togidere in my bosum.

88:52  Whiche thin enemyes, Lord, diden schenschipfuli; for thei dispisiden the chaungyng of thi crist.

88:53  Blessid be the Lord with outen ende; be it don, be it don.