The Paris Psalter: Psalm 56

 

Miltsa min, god,      and me milde weorð,

 

forþon min sawel on þe      swyðe getryweð,

 

and ic on fægerum scuan      fiðera ðinra

 

gewicie,      oðþæt gewite forð

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and unriht me      eall beglide.

 

Heonan ic cleopige      to heahgode

 

and to wealdendgode,      ðe me wel dyde.

 

He þa of heofenum      hider onsende

 

þe me alysde,      laþum wiðferede,

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sealde on edwit      þe me ær trædan.

 

Sende mihtig god      his milde gehigd

 

and his soðfæst mod      samod ætgædere,

 

and mine sawle      sona alysde

 

of leon hwelpum      reðe gemanan;

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wæs ic slæpende      sare gedrefed.

 

Synd me manna bearn      mihtigum toðum

 

wæpenstrælas,      þa me wundedon;

 

wæron hyra tungan getale      teonan gehwylcre

 

and to yfele gehwam      ungemet scearpe.

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Ahefe þe ofer heofenas,      halig drihten;

 

is wuldur ðin      wide and side

 

ofer ðas eorþan      ealle mære.

 

Fotum heo minum      fæcne grine

 

grame gearwodon,      and geornlice

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mine sawle      swyðe onbigdon.

 

Hi deopne seað      dulfon widne,

 

þær ic eagum      on locade,

 

and hi on ðone ylcan      eft gefeollan.

 

Gearo is min heorte      þæt ic gode cweme;

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gearo is min heorte      þæt ic gode swylce

 

sealmas singe,      soðword sprece.

 

Aris, wuldur min,      wynpsalterium,

 

and ic on ærmergene      eac arise

 

and min hearpe      herige drihten.

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Ic þe on folcum      frine drihten

 

ecne andete,      eac geond þeode

 

sealmas singe      swiðe geneahhige.

 

Forðon þin mildheortnes      is mycel wið heofenas,

 

is ðin soðfæstnes      swylce wið wolcnum.

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Ahafen þu eart ofer heofenas,      halig drihten;

 

is ofer ealle      eorðan swylce[?]

 

þines wuldres wlite      wide and side.