The Paris Psalter: Psalm 103 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.5.5.103 Distributed by the University of Oxford under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License Library of Congress Subject Headings English, Old (ca. 450-1100) Poems The Paris Psalter: Psalm 103
bletsa mine sawle bliþe drihten þu eart min drihten god dædum swyþe meahtum mære ofer manna bearn
þu þe weorþlice wliteandette gode gegyredest eart nu gleawlice swa limwædum leohte gegyrwed
heofen þu aþenedest hyde gelice þone weardiaþ ufan wætra þryþe
he wolcen eac worhte and sette þæt he mihte eaþe upp astigan se fotum tredeþ fiþru winda
he his englas deþ æþele gastas and his frome þegnas fyr byrnende
he gefæstnude foldan staþelas eorþan eardas ne seo æfre nu on worulda world weorþeþ ahylded
he nywolnessa neoþan swa swa ryfte him to gewæde woruhte swylce standaþ ofer mannum muntas on wæterum
þa him þrea þine þearle ondrædaþ fleoþ forhtlice þunres brogan þinre stefne strangne egsan
beorgas and feldas ba astigaþ on þæne stede þe þu gestaþeludest him and on þære stowe standaþ fæste ne magon hi ofer gemære mare gegangan þæt hi þysse eorþan awyht habban
oft of denum yrnaþ deope wyllan and of midle munta swylce wæter awealleþ wide floweþ
of þam eorþan deor ealle drincaþ bidaþ assan eac on þurste ofer þan heofonfugelas healdaþ eardas sendaþ of þam stanum stefne mycle
beorgas onfoþ blædum and wæstmum ufan eorþwæstme ealle growaþ swylce of wæstmum weorca þinra eall eorþan ciþ ufan byþ gefylled
swylce þu of foldan fodder neatum lætest alædan on þæm hi lif healdaþ wyrta þu geworhtest to wraþe manna
eac þu him of eorþan ut alæddest hlaf to helpe heortan manna must and windrinc myclum blissaþ
ele andwlitan eac gescyrpeþ and hlaf trymeþ heortan mannes
swylce þu gefyllest fægrum blædum telgum treowwæstme tydraþ ealle þa on libanes lædaþ on beorge cwice cederbeamas þa þu cuþlice sylfa gesettest on þam swylce nu mid heora spedum spearwan nystlaþ
uphebbean hus hiora agen is latteow on lande oft laþne beorh on hean muntum heortas wuniaþ erinaces fleoþ oft on stanas
monan he geworhte on þa mæran tid sunne hire setlgang sweotule healdeþ
þystru þu gesettest on þearle niht on þære ealle wildeor wide toeornaþ
and leon hwelpas lange swylce grymetigaþ gnorne georne secaþ þæt him grædigum æt god gedeme
syþþan up cumeþ æþele sunne hi of siþum eft gesamniaþ and hi on holum hydaþ hi georne
mægenweorc on morgen man onginneþ and þæt geendaþ on æfynne
mycel wærun þine weorc mihtig drihten ealle þa þu mid snyteru sylfa worhtest is þeos eorþe eac eall gefylled þinra gesceafta scyppend mære
his is mycel sæ and on gemærum wid þær is unrim on ealra cwycra mycelra and mætra ofer þæne mægene oft scipu scriþende scrinde fleotaþ
dracan þu þysne dædum þinum geheowadest hete syþþan his bysmere brade healdan ealle to þe ece drihten ætes on eorþan eac wilniaþ
and him gesomnadum swylce wylle þine þa halgan hand ontynan ealle hi gefyllan fægere gode
gif þu þine ansyne fram him æfre awendest þonne hi gedrefde deope weorþaþ and him gast weorþeþ georne afyrred swylce teonlice geteoriaþ on heora agen dust æfter hweorfaþ
onsend þines sylfes gast sona weorþaþ geedniwad and þu eac scyppest eorþan ansyne ealle swylce
wuldor si wide weruda drihtne and on worulda woruld wunie syþþan blissie on his weorcum bealde drihten
he on þas eorþan ealle locaþ deþ hi for his egsan ealle beofian gif he mid his mihte muntas hrineþ hi ful ricene reocaþ sona
ic on minum life lustum drihtne singe soþlice and secge eac þenden ic wunige on worulddreamum
wese him herenes min æt heortan weþe ic minne drihten deorne lufige
and þa fyrenfullan frecne forweorþaþ þa on þysse eorþan synt ealle sniome þæt hio ne wunian on worldlife bletsa mine sawle bliþe drihten