The Paris Psalter: Psalm 124
þa þe on drihten heora
dædum getreowað,
hi beoð on Sionbeorge
swyþe gelice;
ne mæg hine on ealdre
ænig onhreran
þe eardfæst byð
on Hierusalem.
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Hi synd mundbeorgas
micle ymbutan;
haldeð heora ymbhwyrft
ece drihten
of ðisson nu
awa to worulde.
Næfre forlæteð
lifes drihten
firenfulra tan
furðor gangan,
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þonne he soðfæstra
settan wylle.
Ne he soðfæste
swylce læteð,
þæt hi to unrihte
ahwær willen
handum ræcean,
ac he him hraþe gyldeð;
do þu, drihten, wel
þam þe gedefe her
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hiora heortan riht
healdað[?] mid gode.
þa ðe gearwe beoð
to gramum bendum,
eft hi gelædeð
ece drihten
mid þæm þe unriht
æghwær wyrceað;
sibb si Israhelum
symble ofer ealle.