# The Paris Psalter: Psalm 101

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þu min gebed || mære drihten
gehyr heofenes weard || and gehlyde min
to þe becume || þeoda reccend

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na þu andwlitan || æfre þinne
awend fram me || wuldres ealdor
gif ic geswenced sy || þu swæs to me
þin eare onhyld || and me ofestlice gehyr 
heofenes weard || helpys benan

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forþon dagas mine || gedroren syndan
smece gelice || and forspyrcende synd
mine mearhcofan || þæs þe me þinceþ
swylce hi on cocerpannan || cocas gehyrstan

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ic eom hege gelic || þam þe hraþe weornaþ
þonne hit byþ amawyn || mannes folmum
is min heorte eac || hearde geswenced
forþon ic ær forgeat || þæt ic etan sceolde
minne swetne hlaf || forþon me is swære stefn
hefig gnorniende || heortan getenge
ætfeolen eac min ban || flæsce minum

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ic geworden eom || pellicane gelic
se on westene wunaþ || wat ic eac swiþe geare
þæt ic genemned eam || nihthrefne gelic
þe on scræfe eardaþ || and ic spearuwan swa some
gelice gewearþ || anlicum fugele

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hwæt me ealne dæg || edwitspræce on
mine feondas || fæste brohtan
and þa me heredan || hi me hraþe æfter
full swyþe eft || swerigean ongunnon

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forþon ic anlic ætt || æscean hlafe
and ic minne drinc || mengde wiþ tearum

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for andwlitan || yrres þines
feor þu me ahofe || and gehnæctest eft

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dagas mine gedruran || swa se deorca scua
and ic hege gelic || swa hit hraþe weornaþ

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þu on ecnysse wunast || awa drihten
wunaþ þin gemynd || þenden woruld standeþ

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aris nu mihtig god || miltsa sione
nu is hire helpe || heahsæl cumen

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forþon þæs þancunga || þine scealcas
ambyhtmæcgas || ealle hæfdan
forþon þe þu stiþlice || stanum and eorþan
eallum ætgædere || ær miltsadest

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forþon neodlice || on naman þinum
ealle eorþbuend || egsan habbaþ
and þin wuldor ongitaþ || wise cyningas

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eft timbrade || ece drihten
and gesette sion || þurh his sylfes miht
þær wæs gesyne || his seo soþe sped

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oft he þearfendra bene || þance gehyrde
and he ne forhogode || heora hold gebed

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þa wislice || awriten standaþ
and on cneoressum || cyþed syndan
þæt he folc gesceop || fægere drihten
heraþ holdlice || hrore geþance

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forþon he fæstlice || forþ locade
of his þam hean || halgan setle
drihten geseah of heofenum || her on eorþan

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he þa gehyrde || heahgnornunge
þæra þe gebundene || bitere wæron
and þa bealdlice || bearn alysde
þara þe ofslegene || sliþe wæran

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þonne byþ on sione sægd || soþ nama drihtnes
and his lof swylce || leoda bearnum
on hierusalem || gleawast and mærust

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cumaþ folc syþþan || feorran togædere
and ricu eac || þæt hraþe drihtne
ful holdlice || hyran syþþan

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he him andwyrdeþ || eallum sona
on wege worulde || þær his gewis mægen
fæste standeþ || ic þe feawe dagas
minra mættra || mode secge
þæt þu me meaht on midle || minra dagena
sona gecigean || gif þu sylfa wylt
earon þines anes gear || awa to feore

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æt fruman þu || drihten geworhtest
eorþan frætwe || and upheofen
þæt is heahgeweorc || handa þinra

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sweotule þa forweorþaþ || and þu sylf wunast
eall forwisnaþ || wædum anlice
and þu hi onwendest || swa man wrigels deþ
and hi beoþ to worulde || wended syþþan

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þu þonne byst se ilca || se þu ær wære
ne beoþ winter þin || wiht þe sæmran

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bearn þinra scealca || her bu namon
and þær eardedan || ealle þrage
and heora sylfra cynn || syþþan to feore
on worulda woruld || well gerehtest