The Paris Psalter: Psalm 113 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.5.5.113 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 113
þa ut eode israheles cynn and of ægyptum ealle foran iacobes hus of gramum folce þa elreordige ealle wæron
þa wæs geworden werude iudea þæt heo hæl gehlutan haliges syþþan hæfdan ealdurdom ofer israhelas mihta mære and mycel rice
swa heo sæ geseah he hio sniome fleah for him iordanen gengde on hinder
hæfdan þær beorgas bliþe sæle and rammum þa restan gelice wæron geswyru swyþe on blisse swa on sceapum beoþ sceone lambru
hwæt wæs þe sæ swiþa forhwan fluge þu swa oþþe þu iordanen for hwi gengdest on bæcling
beorgas wæron bliþe gebærdon swa rammas wurdan gesweoru on seledreame swa on sceapum beoþ sceone lambru
for ansyne ecan dryhtnes þeos eorþe sceal eall abifigan and for iacobes gode geara forhtigean
he wendeþ stan on widne mere and clifu cyrreþ on cwicu swylce wæteres wellan mid his gewealdendre hand
nalæs us nalæs us nergend dryhten ac we naman þinum neode secgeaþ wuldur wide geond woruldricu
for þinre þære myclan mildheortnysse and for þinre soþfæstnysse samed ætgædere þy læs þæt æfre cweþan oþre þeode hwær is heora agen god ahwær nu-þa
ys ure se halga god on heofondreame uppe mid englum and he eall gedeþ swa his willa byþ on woruldrice
þa wæron deofulgild deorce hæþenra golde and seolfre þa her geara menn worhtan wigsmiþas wræste mid folmum
þa muþ habbaþ and ne magon hwæþere wiht hleoþrian ne word sprecan beoþ onforan eagan ne magon feor geseon
earan habbaþ swylce and opene nose ne magon eþian awyht gehyran
handa hi habbaþ ne hio hwæþere magon gegrapian godes awiht and fet habbaþ ne magon feala gangan
ne cleopigaþ hi care þeah þe hi ceolan habban ne him hluttur gast on hracan eardaþ
ac heo wæron þam wyrcendum wel gelice and æghwylcum þe him on treowaþ
israhela hus ærest on drihten helpe gehogedan holdne begeaton fælne fultum he hi wiþ feondum geheold
aarones hus eac on dryhten leofne gelyfdan he him liþe wearþ and him fultum gestod fæste æt þearfe
þa þe a wegen egsan dryhtnes hio hyht heora habban on drihten he him fultum fæste gestandeþ and him scyldend byþ symble æt þearfe
weorþ þu ure gemyndig mihtig dryhten and þine bletsunge bring ofer us þu gebletsudest bearn israheles aarones hus eac gebletsadest þu gebletsadest bliþe mode ealle þa þe on þe egsan hæfdan mycle and mæte ofer middangeard
gemænigfealdige þis mihtig dryhten ofer eow ealle and ofer agene bearn
wesaþ ge fram gode geara gebletsade þam þe heofon worhte hrusan swylce heofonas healdeþ halig dryhten sealde þas moldan manna bearnum
næfre þe dryhten deade heriaþ ne ealle þa þe heonan helle seceaþ
ac we lifigende leofne dryhten balde bletsigaþ ne þæs blinnaþ nu of þyssan forþ awa to worulde