The Paris Psalter: Psalm 79
þu þe Israela
æðelum cynne
reccest and rædest,
ðu nu recene beheald,
þu ðe Ioseph swa sceap
gramum wiðlæddest.
ðu ðe sylfa nu
sittest ofer cherubin,
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æteow fore Effraim
eac Mannasse
and Beniamin,
nu we biddað þe.
Awece þine mihte
and mid wuldre cum,
and us hale do
her on eorðan.
Gehweorf us, mægena god,
and us mildne æteow
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þinne andwlitan;
ealle we beoð hale.
Eala ðu, mægena god,
mære drihten,
hu lange yrsast þu
on þines esnes gebed?
Tyhst[?] us and fedest
teara hlafe,
and us drincan gifest
deorcum tearum
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manna gehwylcum
on gemet rihtes.
þu us asettest
on sarcwide
urum neahmannum;
nu we cunnion,
hu us mid fraceðum
fynd bysmriað.
Gehweorf us, mægena god,
and us mildne æteow
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þinne andwlitan;
ealle we beoð hale.
þu of ægyptum
ut alæddest
wræstne wingeard,
wurpe þeode
and þone ylcan ðær
eft asettest.
þu him weg beforan
worhtest rihtne,
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and his wyrtruman
wræstne settest,
þanon eorðe wearð
eall gefylled.
His se brada scua
beorgas þeahte,
and his tanas astigun
godes cedderbeam.
Ealle þa telgan
ðe him of hlidað,
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þu æt sæstreamas
sealte gebræddest,
and hi
to[?] flodas
forð aweaxað.
Forhwan þu towurpe
weallfæsten his?
Wealdeð his winbyrig
eall þæt on wege færð.
Hine utan of wuda
eoferas wrotað,
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and wilde deor
westað and frettað.
Gehweorf nu, mægena god,
milde and spedig
þine ansyne
ufan of heofenum;
gewite and beseoh
wingeard þisne,
þæt he mid rihte
ræde gange,
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þæne ðin seo swiðre
sette æt frymðe,
and ofer mannes sunu,
þe þu his mihte ær
under ðe getrymedest,
tires wealdend.
Fyr onbærneð,
folm þurhdelfeð;
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ealle þa on ealdre
yfele forweorðað.
Si þin seo swiðre hand
ofer soðne wer
and ofer mannes sunu;
þu his mihta ðe
geagnadest,
ealle getrymedest,
weoruda drihten;
ne gewitað we fram ðe.
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Ac þu us wel cwica,
wealdend mihtig;
we naman þinne
neode cigeað.