The Paris Psalter: Psalm 111 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.5.5.111 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 111
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he on eorþan byþ eadig and spedig and his cneorisse byþ cyn gebletsad
him wuldur and wela wunaþ æt huse byþ his soþfæstnys swylce mære þenden þysse worulde wunaþ ænig dæl
leoht wæs on leodum leofum acyþed þam þe on þystrum þrage lifdan and hiora heortan heoldan mid rihte milde is on mode mihtig dryhten and he ys soþfæst symble æt þearfe
glæd man gleawhydig god and mildheort seteþ soþne dom þurh his sylfes word se on ecnysse eadig standeþ
byþ on eceum gemynde æghwylc þæra þe his soþe and riht symble healdeþ ne him on hlyste mycelum ondrædeþ awiht on ealdre yfeles syþþan
byþ his heorte gearo hyhte to drihtne getrymed and getyhted þæt him teonan ne mæg fæcne ætfæstan feonda ænig ac he ealle forsyhþ æghwær georne
se þe his æhta ealle tostredeþ and þearfendum þa gedæleþ his soþfæstnyss wunaþ symble oþ ende byþ his horn wended her on wuldur
swa þæt synfull gesyhþ sona yrsaþ toþum torn þolaþ teonum grimetaþ þearle þindeþ oþþæt þonne byþ þæt fyrenfulra lust fæcne forweorþeþ