The Paris Psalter: Psalm 114 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.5.5.114 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 114
ic lufie þe leofa drihten forþan þu mines gebedes bene gehyrdest
and þu þin eare to me eadmodlice hold ahyldest and gehyrdest me þa ic þe on dagum minum dyrne cigde
þar me ymbsealde swylde deaþes and me frecne ætfeah fyrhtu helle
me costung and sar cnyssedan geneahhe þonne ic naman drihtnes nyde cigde
eala þu leofa god alys mine nu sawle on gesyntum ic to soþan wat þæt þu wære mildheort mihtig dryhten and ure god æghwæs soþfæst mihta us þine milde weorþan
drihten gehealdeþ dome þa lytlan ic hean gewearþ he me hraþe lysde
gecyr mine sawle clæne on þine rædæs reste rice drihten þu me wel dydest on woruldlife
forþon þu mine sawle sylfa generedyst and hig of deopum deaþe gelæddest eagan mine wiþ tearum æghwær geheolde and fet mine wiþ færslide ic gelicie leofum drihtne on lifigendra lande nu-þa