Fragment of Psalm 50
Fragment of Psalm 50

 
[Miserere mei, deus, secundam magnam misericordiam tuam.]
 
Mildsa me, mihtig drihten,      swa ðu manegum dydest,
 
æfter ðinre þære mycelan      mildheortnysse.
 
[Auerte faciem tuam a peccatis meis, et omnes iniquitates meas dele.]
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Awend þine ansyne      a fram minum
 
fræcnum fyrenum,      and nu forð heonon
 
eall min unriht adwæsc      æghwær symle.
 
[Cor mundum crea in me, deus, et spiritum rectum innoua in uisceribus meis.]
 
Syle me, halig god,      heortan clæne,
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and rihtne gast,      god, geniwa
 
on minre gehigde      huru, min[?] drihten.
 
[Ne proicias me a facie tua, et spiritum sanctum tuum ne auferas a me.]
 
Ne awyrp þu me,      wuldres ealdor,
 
fram ðinre ansyne      æfre to feore,
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ne huru on weg aber      þone halgan gast,
 
þæt he me færinga      fremde wyrðe.
 
[Redde michi lętitiam salutaris tui, et spiritu principali confirma me.]
 
Syle me þinre hælu      holde blisse,
 
and me ealdorlice      æþele gaste
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on ðinne[?] willan getryme,      weroda drihten.