The Paris Psalter: Psalm 128
Oft me fuhtan to
fynd on geoguðe,
cweðan Israhelas nu
eac þæt sylfe;
oft me fuhtan to
fynd on geoguþe,
ne mihton hi awiht æt me
æfre gewyrcean.
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Ofer minum bæce
bitere ongunnon
þa firenfullan
facen timbrian,
and heora unriht
eft gelengdon.
Drihten is soðfæst,
and gedeð sniome,
þæt he firenfullra
fæcne geðancas
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wis toweorpeð;
weorðað gescende
and hiora scamiað
swiþust ealles,
þa to Sione hete
swiðost hæfdon.
Wesen hi hige
her gelicast
þam þe on huses þæce
heah aweaxeð,
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þæt bið forwisnad
wraðe sona,
ær hit afohten
foldan losige.
Of þam he ne gefylleð
folme æfre,
þeah þe he hit mawe
micle elne;
ne mid his sceafe ne mæg
sceat afyllan,
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þeah þe he samnige
swiðe georne.
And þæt ne cweðan,
þa his cwide weoldan
on ofergeate
æghwær hæbben:
"Us gebletsige
bealde drihten
and ofer eow wese
eac his bletsung;
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we eow neodlice
on naman drihtnes
swylce bletsiað
bliðe mode."