georne ðam gleawan,
forðan ic hine godne wat;
forþon he his mildheortnysse
mannum cyðde,
on ðysse worulde
wis gestandeð.
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Hwylc mæg æfre
mihta drihtnes
asprecan and aspyrian,
oððe spedlice
eall his lofmægen
leode gehyran
and his gehyrnesse
her oncnawan?
Eadige beoð æghwær,
þa ðe a wyllað
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soðe domas
sylfe efnan,
on ealle tid
æghwæs healdan
heora soðfæstnysse
symble mid dædum.
Gemune[?] us, drihten,
on modsefan
forð hycgende
folces þines,
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and us mid hælo
her geneosa.
And us tidlice
teala sceawige,
ceose mid gecorenum,
þenden we cwice lifgen,
þæt we mid þinre ðeode
þær blissian
and þæt yrfe þin
æghwær herige.
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We gefyrnedan
mid urum fæderum ær,
and we unsoðfæste
ealle wæron
and unrihtes
æghwær worhtan.
Fæderas ure
fæste ne oncneowan
ealle þa wundor
þe ðu on Egyptum
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worhtest wræclice,
wundor unlytel;
næron hi gemyndige
miltsa þinra,
þa ðu him on ðære mægðe
manige cyðdest.
Hi bysmredan,
þa hi on brad wæter
on þone readan sæ
randas bæron,
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þær ðu hi alysdest,
lifes ealdor,
and hi generedest
on naman þinum,
þa ðu þine miht
mycle cyðdest.
þær ðu readne sæ
ricene geðywdest,
and þær wæron
þa wareðas drige,
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and hi betweonum wætera
weallas læddest,
swa hi on westenne
wæron on drigum.
Swa hi alysde
lifes ealdor
of heora feonda
fæcnum handum,
and of feogendra
folmum swylce,
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and heora feondas
flod adrencte,
þæt þæra æfre ne com
an spellboda.
Syððan hi his wordon
wel gelyfdan
and
him[?] lofsangum
lustum cwemdan,
and þæs eft hraðe
ealle forgeaton,
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weorca wræclicra;
na hi wel syþþan
his geæhtunge
ahwær heoldan.
Hi on westenne
wraðe ongunnan
gitsunge began
and gramlice
heora godes þær
geare costedan.
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He him been sniome
brohte and sealde,
sende on heora muþas
mete to genihte.
Ongunnon hi on þam wicum
wraðe swylce
and Aaron mid
eac þone halgan.
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þa eorðe togaan
and eall forswealh
on deope forwyrd
Dathanes weorod
and Abirones
eall ætgædere.
þær fyr abarn
frecne swylce
on heora gemetinge,
and þær maansceaðan
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þa synfullan
sniome forbærnde.
Hi on Choreb swylce
cealf ongunnan
him to godgylde
georne wyrcean,
onwendan heora wuldor
on þæne wyrsan had
hæðenstyrces
hig etendes.
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Godes hi forgeaton,
þe hi of gramra ær
feonda folmum
frecne generede,
þe on Egyptum
æðele
wundur[?]
and on Chananea
cymu worhte
and recene wundur
on þam readan sæ.
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þa hi wolde toweorpan
wuldres aldor,
þær heora Moyses
mægene ne hulpe;
he þæt folc forstod
feonda mægene;
forðon he him his yrre
of acyrde,
þæt he hi ne towurpe
geond werþeoda.
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Ne[?] hi for awyht
eorþan cyste
þa selestan
geseon woldan,
ne his wordum eac
woldan gelyfan;
ac hi granedan
and grame spræcan,
noldan his wordum
wel gehyran.
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He his handa ahof
and hi hraðe wolde
on þam westenne
wide todrifan
and heora swæs cynn
sendan on wid land.
æton deadra lac,
swa hit gedefe ne wæs.
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And hi bysmredon
bealde drihten
on heora gemetincge
mægene ealle,
and þær healicne
on hryre gefremedan.
Hi þæs feondætes
Finees awerede,
þa he on þam folce
feondgyld gebræc;
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he þæs hæl gehleat
and helpe fand
of cynna gehwam
and on cneorisse.
Eac hi gefremedan
oðer bysmer,
þær hi wiðercwyde
wæteres hæfdon;
þær Moyses wearð
mægene gebysgad
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for heora yfelum,
swa he oftor wæs,
on his gaste gram;
ne mihte him godes willan
mid his welerum
wisne getæcean.
Noldan hi toworpan
wraðe þeode,
swa him drihten ær
dema sægde,
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ac hi wið manfullum
mengdan[?] þeode
and leornedan
lað weorc gode
and sceuccgyldum
swyþe guldan;
him þæt eall gewearð
to æswyce.
Ongunnan heora bearn
blotan feondum,
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sceuccum onsæcgean
suna and dohter;
agutan blod swylce
bearna feala,
þa unscyldige
ealle wærun,
syðþan hi gecuran
Chananea god.
þanon eorþe wearð
eall mid blode
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mane gemenged,
misdædum[?] fah.
Eall hi forheoldan
heahweorc godes;
forðan him yrre wearð
ece drihten
and he his yrfe
eall forhogode.
He hi on handgeweald
hæðenum sealde
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and heora weoldan,
þa him wyrrest ær
on feondscipe
fæste gestodon.
Heora costedan
cuþe feondas
and under handum
hynþe þoledan;
hi alysde oft
lifes ealdor.
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Hi hine on geþeahte
oft abylgdan;
wæron on unrihtum
oft gehynde.
Swa he furðum oncneow,
þæt heora fynd ehtan,
he heora bene
bealde gehyrde.
þonne he his wordgebeot
well gemunde;
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hreaw hine sona,
þonne hi hynþa drugan,
æfter his miltsa
menigu godes.
Syððan he him sealde
sona miltse,
þær hi on gesawon
ealle ætgædere,
þe ehtend him
ær gestodan.
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Do us hale nu,
halig drihten,
and us, se goda god,
georne gesamna
of widwegum,
þær we wean dreogað,
þæt we þinne naman
nede motan
þone halgestan
her andettan
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and we on lofe þinum
lungre weorðan
ofer werðeode
wuldre
geherede[?].
Wese Israhela god
aa gebletsad
on worulda woruld,
wealdend drihten,
and þæt fægere becweðe
folca æghwylc;
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wese swa, wese swa
þurh eall wide ferhð.