The Paris Psalter: Psalm 53

 

On þinum þam haligan naman,      gedo me halne, god;

 

alys me fram laðum      þurh þin leofe mægen.

 

God, min gebed      gearuwe gehyre,

 

and earum onfoh      min agen word.

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Forþam me fremde oft      facne gestodon,

 

sohtan mine sawle      swiðe strange,

 

and na heom god setton      gleawne on gesyhðe.

 

Efne me þonne god      gleawe fultumeð,

 

is andfengea      ece drihten

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sawle minre;      he me swican ne wile.

 

Afyr me fæcne yfel      feonda minra,

 

and hi soðfæst toweorp      syððan wide.

 

Ic ðe lustum      lace cweme,

 

and naman þinne      niode[?] swylce

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geara andette,      forðon ic hine goodne wat.

 

Forþon þu me alysdest,      lifes ealdor,

 

of earfoðum      eallum symble,

 

ealle mine fynd      eagum ofersawe.