The Paris Psalter: Psalm 65
Ealle eorðbuend
ecne drihten
wordum wislicum
wide herian,
and his naman secgeað
neode mid sealmum
and him wuldres lof
wide syllað.
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And gode secgeað,
hu his þa goodan weorc
syndon wundorlice
wide geond eorðan,
and eac on menigeo
mægenes þines
þine feondas þe
fæcne leogað.
Geweorðie
wuldres ealdor
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eall ðeos eorþe,
ecne drihten;
and þe singe eac,
secge geneahhie,
þæt þin nama is
ofer eall niða bearn
se hehsta
hæleþa cynnes.
Cumað nu and geseoð,
hu cyme weorc
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drihten worhte;
synt his domas eac
swiþe egeslice
ofer eall ylda bearn.
He mæg onwendan
wætera ðryðe,
þæt þas deopan sæ
drige weorðað,
and þa strangan mæg
streamas swylce
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gefeterian,
þæt þu mid fote miht
on treddian
eorðan gelice.
His mægen wealdeð
ofer eall manna cyn
on ecnesse
awa to feore,
and he ofer ealle þeode
eagum wliteð;
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þa hine on yrre
æghwær gebringað,
ne beoð þa on him sylfum
syððan ahafene.
Bletsigen þeoda
bliðe mode
ealle eorðbuend
ecne drihten
and mid stefne lof
strang asecgean.
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He mine sawle
sette to life,
ne[?]
læteð[?]
mine fet
laðe hreran.
Ure costade god
clæne fyre
soðe dome,
swa man seolfor deð,
þonne man hit aseoðeð
swyðe mid fyre.
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þu us on grame swylce
gryne gelæddest,
and us bealuwa fela
on bæce standeð;
settest us mænige eac
men ofer heafod.
We þuruh fyr farað
and þuruh floda þrym,
and ðu us on colnesse
clæne gelæddest.
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Ic on þin hus
halig gange
and þær tidum þe
tifer onsecge;
þær ic min gehat
mid hyge gylde,
þæt mine weleras ær
wise gedældan.
þas ic mid muðe aspræc
mine æt þearfe,
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þær me costunge
cnyssedan geneahhe,
þæt ic ðe on tifrum
teala forgulde
ealle þa gehat,
þe ic æfre her
mid minum welerum
wis todælde.
Gehyrað me
and her cumað;
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ic eow mid soþe
secgean wylle,
gif ge godes egesan
georne habbað,
hu mycel he dyde
minre sawle.
þuruh his mihte ic
muðe cleopige
oþþe[?]
mine tungan
tidum blissade.
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Gif ic me unrihtes oncneow
awiht on heortan,
ne wite me þæt,
wealdend[?]
drihten.
Forðon me gehyrde
hælend drihten,
and minre stefne beheold
strange[?]
bene.
Drihten si gebletsad,
þe he ne dyde æfre
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nymðe he mine bene
bealde gehyrde,
ne his milde mod
me dyde fremde.