The Paris Psalter: Psalm 85
Ahyld me þin eare,
halig drihten;
forðon ic eom wædla,
þu me wel gehyr,
and ic sylfa eom
sorhfull þearfa.
Geheald mine sawle,
forðon ic halig eom;
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hæl þinne scealc,
forþon ic ðe hihte to.
Miltsa me drihten,
þonne ic mægene to ðe
þurh ealne dæg
elne cleopade;
do þines scealces
sawle bliðe,
forðon ic hi to ðe
hebbe genehhige.
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Forðon þu eart wynsum,
wealdend drihten;
is þin milde mod
mycel and genihtsum
eallum þam þe þe
elne cigeað.
þu mid earum onfoh,
ece drihten,
min agen gebed,
and eac beheald,
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hu ic stefne to ðe
stundum cleopige.
þonne me on dæge
deorc earfoðe
carelice cnyssedan,
þonne ic cleopode to ðe;
forþon þu me gehyrdest
holde mode.
Nis þe goda ænig
on gumrice
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ahwær efne gelic,
ece drihten,
ne ðe weorc magon
wyrcean anlic.
Ealle þu geworhtest
wera cneorissa,
þa þe weorðiað,
wuldres aldor,
and naman drihtnes
neode cigeað.
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Forðan ðu eart se mycla
mihtiga drihten,
þe wundor miht
wyrcean ana.
Gelæd, drihten, me
on þinne leofne weg,
and ic on þinum soðe
syþþan gancge.
Heorte min ahlyhheð,
þonne ic ðinne halgan naman
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forhtige me on ferhðe,
forð andette
mid ealre heortan hyge,
þæt þu eart, halig god,
nemned drihten,
and we naman þinne
on ecnesse
a weorðien.
Ys þin mildheortnes mycel
ofer me, drihten,
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and þu mine sawle
swylce alysdest
of helwarena
hinderþeostrum.
God min se leofa,
gramhydige me
mid unrihte
oft onginnað,
and gesamnincge
swiðmihtigra
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sohton mine sawle
swyþe geneahhe;
ne doð him for awiht
egsan drihtnes.
Hwæt, þu eart, min drihten god,
dædum mildheort,
þenden geðyldig,
þearle soðfæst.
Beseoh nu on me,
and me syþþan weorð
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milde on mode,
mihtig drihten;
geteoh[?]
hrore meaht
hysse þinum;
do þinre þeowan sunu,
drihten, halne.
Do gedefe mid me,
drihten, tacen,
and þæt god ongitan,
þa me georne ær
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fæste feodan,
habban forð sceame.
Forþon þu me wære fultum
fæste, drihten,
and me frefredest,
frea ælmihtig.