Mildheortnesse þine,
mihtig drihten,
fram cynne on cynn
and on cneorisse
ic þine soðfæstnesse
secge geneahhe
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on minum muþe
manna cynne.
Forþon þa ðu cwæde
cuðe worde,
þin milde mod
micel getimbrad
heah on heofenum
hæleða bearnum
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and þin soðfestnes
symble
gearwad[?].
Ic minum gecorenum
cuðe gesette,
hu min gewitnes
wolde gangan;
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þæt ic his cynne
and cneowmagum
ful sefte seld,
þæt hi sæton on.
Heofenas
andettað[?],
halig drihten,
hu wundor þin
wræclic standeð,
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and þa halgan eac
hergeað on cyricean
þine soðfæstnesse,
secgeað[?] geneahhige.
Nis under wolcnum,
weoroda drihten,
ænig anlic,
ne ðe ænig byð
betweox godes bearnum
gyt gelicra.
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þu bist gewuldrad god,
þær bið wisra geðeaht
and haligra
heah gemetincg,
micel and egeslic
ofer eall manna bearn,
ða ðe on ymbhwyrfte
ahwær syndon.
þu eart mægena god,
mihtig drihten;
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nis þe ealra gelic
ahwær on spedum,
is þin soðfæstnes
symble æghwær.
þu wide sæs
wealdest mihtum;
þu his yþum miht
ana gesteoran,
ðonne hi on wæge
wind onhrereð.
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þu miht oferhydige
eaðe mid wunde
heane gehnægean;
hafast ðu heah mægen
þines earmes sped
wið ealle fynd.
Heofonas þu wealdest,
hrusan swylce;
eorðan ymbehwyrft
eall þu gesettest.
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þu norðdæl and sæ
niode[?] gesceope,
Tabor et Hermon
on naman ðinum;
hi mid strencgðe eac
upp ahebbað
þinne swiþran earm
swylce, drihten.
Wesan hea mihte
handa þinre
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ahafen ofer hæleðas;
halig seo swyðre is,
þines setles dom
soð gegearwod.
Mildheortnes and soðfæstnes
mægene forgangað
þinne andwlitan;
þæt bið eadig folc
þe can naman ðinne
neode herigean.
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þa on ðinum leohte
lifigeað and gangað
þe him ansyn þin
ær onlihte,
and on naman þinum
neode swylce
beoð ealne dæg
eac on blisse
and þine soðfæstnesse
symble
æghwær[?].
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Forþon þu heora mægenes eart
mærost wuldor,
and we þinum weldædum
wurdan ahafene.
and Israhela cyning
eac se halga.
þonne ðu ofer ealle
undearnunga
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þine bearn sprecest
and bealde cwyst:
"Ic me on þyssum folce
fultum sette
ofermihtigne[?],
þone ic me ær geceas.
Ic me deorne scealc
Dauid gemette
and hine halige
ele[?] handum smyrede.
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Heo him fultumeð
and min fæle earm,
and hine mid mycle
mægene geswyðeð.
Ne mæg him ænig facen
feond æteglan,
ne unrihtes bearn
ænig sceððan.
Of his ansyne
ealle ic aceorfe,
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þa ðe him feondas
fæcne syndon,
and his ehtendas
ealle geflyme.
Hine soðfæstnes min
samod ætgædere
and mildheortnes min
mægene healdeð,
and on naman minum
neode swylce
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his horn
bið[?] ahafen,
heane on mihtum.
And ic his swiðran hand
settan þence,
þæt he sæstreamum
syþþan wealde.
He me him to fælum
fæder gecygde:
'Wæs me andfencge, god,
ecere hælu.'
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And ic þonne frumbearn
forð asette
ofer eorðcyningas
ealra heahstne.
Ic[?] him to widan feore
wille gehealdan
min milde mod
and him miht syllan,
mine gewitnesse
weorðe and getreowe.
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Ic to widan feore
wyrce syððan
þin heahsetl
hror and weorðlic
swa heofones dagas
her mid mannum.
Gif mine bearn nellað
mine bebodu efnan
ne mine domas
dædum healdan,
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Gif hi mine rihtwisnessa
fracoðe gewemmað
and hi mine bebodu
bliðe ne healdað,
þonne ic heora unriht gewrece
egsan gyrde
and hiora synne
swinglum forgylde.
Ne ic him mildheortnesse
mine wille
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fægere afyrran,
ac him forð swa þeah
mine soðfæstnesse
syllan þence.
Ic æne swor
að on halgum,
þæt ic Dauide
dæda ne leoge,
þæt on ecnesse
his agen cynn
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wunað on wicum;
bið him weorðlic setl
on minre gesihðe
sunnan anlic
and swa mona
meahte on heofenum,
þe is ece gewita
æhwær getreowe."
þu
þonne[?] wiðsoce
soþum criste
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and hine forhogodest,
hwile yldest
and awendest fram him
gewitnesse[?]
esnes þines;
ealle gewemdest
his halignesse
her on eorðan.
Ealle þu his weallas
wide todældest,
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towurpe fæsten his
for folcegsan.
Hine þa towurpon
wegferende,
and he on edwit wearð
ymbsittendum.
Handa þu ahofe
heah ehtendra,
gebrohtest his feondas
fæcne on blisse.
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Fultum þu him afyrdest
fagan sweordes,
nafað æt gefeohte
fælne helpend.
þu hine of clænnesse
clæne alysdest,
setl his gesettest
sorglic on eorðan.
þu his dagena tid
deorce gescyrtest
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and mid sarlicre
sceame onmettest.
Wilt þu hu lange,
wealdend drihten,
yrre þin acyðan
swa onæled fyr?
Gemune, mære god,
hwæt si min lytle sped;
ne huru ðu manna bearn
on middangeard
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to idelnesse
æfre geworhtest.
Hwylc is manna,
þæt feores neote,
and hwæþere on ende
deað ne gesceawige;
oððe hwylc manna is,
þæt his agene
fram helle locum
sawle generige?
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Hwær is seo ealde nu,
ece drihten,
micel mildheortness,
þe þu mancynne
þurh þines sylfes
soð benemdest?
Gemune þinra esna
edwitspræce,
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þa him fracuðlice
fremde þeode
Cweþað him þæt edwit,
ece drihten,
feondas þine,
fæste ætwitað
and þæt þinum criste
becweþað swiðe.
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A sy gebletsad
ece drihten
to widan feore.
Wese swa, wese swa!