The Paris Psalter: Psalm 55
Miltsa me drihten,
forðon me man tredeð,
and me ealne dæg
mid unrihte
fynd onfeohtað
þurh facensearu.
And me fæcne tredað
feondas mine,
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doð þæt ealne dæg
fram ærmergene.
Forðon monige synd
ðe to me feohtað;
wene ic me wraðe to ðe,
wuldres drihten.
Ic wealdend god
wordum herige,
and on god swylce
georne gelyfe,
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þæt minre spræce
sped folgie
æghwæs ealne dæg;
eac ic swylce
on god drihten
gearewe gewene;
nis me ege mannes
for ahwæðer.
Hwæt, me ealne dæg
mine agen word
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sylfne socon,
swyþe oncuðon,
and wiðer me
wæran georne
on[?] yfel heora geðeaht
ealle onwende.
On eardiað,
þa ðe swa þenceað
þæt heo gehyden
hælun mine,
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swa min sawl bad
þæt ðu swylce heo
for nahwæðer
nowiht hæle;
on yrre þu folc
eall geðreatast.
Ic nu leofum gode
lif min secge,
sette on ðinre gesyhðe
sarige tearas,
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swa ic ðe on gehate
hæfde geneahhige.
þonne on hinderling
hweorfað mine
feondas fæcne,
ðonne ic me freoðu to ðe
wordum wilnige;
ic wat and can,
þæt þu min god
gleawe wære.
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Ic on god min word
georne herige,
and on god swylce
georne gelyfe,
and ic ealne dæg
ecne drihten
wordum weorðige;
ne me wiht an siteð
egesan awiht
æniges mannes.
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On me synd, mihtig god,
þæt ic þe min gehat
on herenesse
hyldo gylde;
forþon ðu mine sawle
of swyltdeaðes
laþum wiðlæddest,
dydest lof stunde,
aweredest mine eagan
wraðum tearum
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and mine fet
fæle beweredest,
þæt ic gearewe
gode licode
on lifigendra
leohte eallum.