The Paris Psalter: Psalm 118
eadige beoþ on wege
þa þe unwemme
on hiora dryhtnes æ
deore gangaþ
eadige beoþ swylce
þa þe a wyllaþ
his gewitnesse
wise smeagan
and hine mid ealle
innancundum
heortan hordcofan
helpe biddaþ
ne magon manwyrhtan
mægene feran
on his mærne weg
mihtigan drihtnes
þu þine bebodu
bealde hete
ealle eorþbuend
elne haldan
ic þæs la wisce
þæt wegas mine
on þinum willan
weorþan gereahte
þæt ic þin agen bebod
elne healde
ne beo ic þonne on ealdre
æfre gescynded
gif ic on ealle þine bebodu
elne locie
ic þe andette
ece dryhten
mid minre heortan
holde geþance
on þan þe ic geleornode
and gelæstan mæg
þæt ic þine domas
dædum healde
and ic þine soþfæstnysse
swylce mote
on hyge healdan
þæt þu huru me
on þyssum ealdre
ænne ne forlæte
on hwan mæg se iunga
on godne weg
rihtran þe rædran
ræd gemittan
þonne he þine wisan
word gehealde
ic þe mid ealre
innancundre
heortan sece
ne þu huru me
fram þinum bebodum
feor adrife
forþon ic on minre heortan
hydde georne
þæt ic þinre spræce
sped gehealde
þy læs þe ic gefremme
fyrene ænige
þu eart gebletsud
bliþe dryhten
lær me mid lufan
hu ic læste well
and ic þine soþfæstnysse
sweotule cunne
ic on minum welerum
wordum secge
ealles þines muþes
meahte domas
and ic on wege swylce
wynnum gange
þær ic þine gewitnesse
wat ful clæne
swa ic ealra welena
willum bruce
swa ic on þine soþfæstnysse
soþe getreowe
þæt ic ne weorþe
worda þinra
ealra ofergittul
awa to feore
ic on þinre soþfæstnysse
symble meteode
þæt ic þine wislicu
word geheolde
gild þinum esne
gode dæde
ic on lifdagum
lustum healde
þinra worda waru
mid wisdome
onwreoh þu mine eagan
þæt ic wel mæge
on þinre æ
eall sceawian
wundur wræclicu
þa þu worhtyst ær
ic eom on eorþan
earm bigenga
ne do þu me dyrne
þine þa deoran bebodu
þæt sawul min
symble wilnaþ
þæt ic þin soþfæst word
gesund mote
on ealle tid
elne healdan
þu oferhydige
ealle þreadest
þa þu awyrgde
wistest gearuwe
and þine bebodu
efnan noldan
afyr þu fram me
facen and edwit
oþþe ic oferhydige
awiht wylle
forþan ic þine gewitnesse
wylle secan
ac nu ealdormenn
ealle ætgædere
sæton on seldum
swyþe spræcon
and wiþ me wraþum
wordum scirdan
hwæþere þin esne
elnes teolode
þæt he þine soþe word
snotur beeode
me wæs þin gewitnys
wyrþ and getreowe
and ic hi on mode
metegie georne
and me to frofre wat
þæt ic forþ heonun
his soþfæstnysse
sece georne
ætfealh min sawul
flore geneahhige
do me æfter þinum wordum
wel gecwician
ic þe wegas mine
wise secge
and þu me gehyrdest
holde mode
lær me on life
hu ic lengest mæge
þine soþfæstnysse
selest gehealdan
þu me soþfæstnysse weg
swylce getacna
þæt ic on þinum wundrum
me wel begange
min sawl aslep
þa me sorh begeat
for langunga
læt me nu-þa
on þinum wordum
weorþan trumne
afyr fram me
unryhte wegas
and me on þinre æ geweorþ
ealles milde
ic me wise geceas
wegas soþfæste
ne weorþe ic þinra doma
gedweled æfre
swa ic fæste ætfealh
þæt ic forþ heonun
þine gewitnysse
wel geheolde
ne wylt þu me on ealdre
æfre gescyndan
nu ic on wisne weg
worda þinra
reþne rinne
and þu rice nu
mine heortan geheald
on hyge brade
æ þu me sete
ece dryhten
þæt ic on soþfæste wegas
symble gange
and ic þa secan
symble mote
syle me andgit eac
þæt ic æ þine
smeage mid soþe
swylce healde
on ealre minre heortan
holde mode
gelæd me on stige
þær ic stæpe mine
on þinum bebodum
bryce hæbbe
forþan ic hy mid soþe
symble wolde
ahyld mine heortan
þæt ic halige nu
on þine gewitnysse
wise gecyrre
nalæs me gitsung
forniman mote
gewend þu mine eagan
þy læs ic weorc idel
gese þurh synne
ac me on soþne weg
þinne þone leofan
læde cwiculice
sete þinum esne
oþer swylce
þæt he þine spræce
sped leornige
and þa on ege þinum
ealle healde
þu me scealt edwitt min
of awyrpan
þæt me to incan
ahwær gangeþ
forþon ic eom on þinum domum
gedefe glæd
efne ic þine bebodu
bealde wolde
wis wylle gegan
wene ic swylce
þæt þu me on rihtes
ræd gecwycige
and me ofer cume
ece dryhten
þæt milde mod
mære hælu
æfter þinre spræce
spowendlice
and ic andwyrde
þam þe me edwitstafas
wordum wraþ cweþaþ
þæt ic gewene on þe
and on þinum wordum
wære hæbbe
ne afyr þu me æfre
fæle spræce
þa ic me on muþe
mægene hæbbe
and ic soþfæst word
on sylfan healde
þæt ic on þinra doma
dæde getreowige
and ic æ þine
efne and healde
and to worulde on þære
wunian mote
and on ecnysse
efnan and healdan
and ic on bealde
brædu gange
forþan ic þine gewitnysse
wel getrymede
and ic þæt fore cyningum
cyþan mote
þær hig eagum
on locian
hu me þin gewitnyss ys
weorþ and getreowe
and on þam ne beon
æfre gescynded
and ic on þinum bebodum
bealde mote
gemetegian
swyþe mærne ræd
forþan ic hi on lufan minre
lange hæfde
and ic mine handa
hof gelome
þær ic þine bebodu
bryce lufade
þa ic mid þysse þeode
þearle begange
and on þine soþcwydas
symble ic getreowige
gemun nu dryhten
þines wordes
on þam þu me þinum
þeowe hyht gesealdest
þas ic me on frofre
fæste hæbbe
on minum eaþmedum
ungemete swyþe
forþon me þin spræc
spedum cwycade
oftust ofermodige
unriht fremmaþ
oþþæt hi on eorþan
ealle forweorþaþ
ic þinre æ
a folgode
ic wæs gemyndig
mærra doma
þinra geþancol
þeoden dryhten
þæt ic on worulde æt þe
wurde afrefred
me wearþ gemolten
mod on hreþre
for fyrenfulra
facendædum
þa hi æ þine
anforleton
ac me to sange
symble hæfde
hu ic þine soþfæstnysse
selest heolde
þær ic on elelande
ahte stowe
nede ic þæt gemunde
nihta gehwylcre
þæt ic naman þinne
nemde dryhten
and ic æ þine
elne heolde
þas me andweardum
ealle gewurdan
forþon ic þine soþfæstnysse
sohte georne
me ys on dæle
dryhten user
cwide cynlice
þæt ic cwic wylle
þine æ healdan
elne mycle
ic bidde þinre ansyne
ungemete georne
mid ealre gehygde
heortan minre
þæt þu me on mode
milde weorþe
æfter þinre spræce
spowendlice
swa ic wegas þine
wise þence
to ferenne
fotum minum
þæt ic on þinre gewitnysse
wel gefere
gearo ic eom symble
nalæs grames modes
þæt ic betst cunne
þine bebodu healdan
me fyrenfulra
fæcne rapas
ungemet geneahhie
oft beclyptan
næs ic ofergittul
þæt ic æ þine
mid hygecræfte
heolde and læste
ic æt midre niht
mæla gehwylce
ricene arise
and hraþe gange
þær ic þe andette
eall ætgædere
secge þine domas
dædum rihte
ic eom dælneomend
þe heom ondrædaþ þe
and þine halige bebodu
healdaþ georne
þeos eorþe is
eall gefylled
þinre mildheortnesse
mihtig drihten
þine soþfæstnesse
þu me swylce lær
þu ymb þinne esne
æghwær dydest
wel weorþlice
wene ic drihten
þæt þu þin word wylle
wis gehealdan
þu me þeodscipe lær
þinne tilne
and wisdomes
word to genihte
forþon ic þin bebod
þriste gelyfde
ærþon ic gehened
hean gewurde
ic agylte
ungemetum swiþe
hwæþere ic þine spræce geheold
sped on mode
god þu eart drihten
and me god swylce
on þinum tile gelær
þæt ic teala cunne
þin soþfæst weorc
symble healdan
ys nu mænigfeald ofer me
man and unriht
oferhydigra
ic nu mid ealre
minre heortan hige
hycge swiþe
þæt ic þin bebod
beorht atredde
ys heora heorte nu
her anlicast
swa meoluc wese
mægene gerunnen
ic æ þine
ungemete georne
on modsefan
minum healde
selre me wæs and seftre
þæt þu sylfa me
heane gehnægdest
and ic hraþe syþþan
þin soþfæst weorc
wel leornade
me is micle betere
þæt ic bebodu healde
þines muþes gemet
þonne mon me geofe
geara þusende
goldes and seolfres
handa me þine
holde geworhton
and gehiwedan
mid higecræfte
syle me nu andgyt
þæt ic eall mæge
þine bliþe bebodu
beorhte leornian
þa þe on feore forhtigaþ
þa me on fægere geseoþ
and blissiaþ
bu geþenceaþ
þæt ic þinum wordum
wel getreowde
ic þæt dryhten ongeat
domas þine
reþe rihtwise
and þu ricene me
on þinre soþfæstnesse dydest
samed eadmedne
wese þin milde mod
mihtum geswiþed
and me to frofre
fæste gestande
swa þu on þinre spræce
sped gehete
þinum agenum
esne æt þearfe
cumen me þine miltsa
mihtum geswyþede
and ic lange on þam
lifian mote
forþon me is metegung
on modsefan
hu ic æ þine
efnast healde
beon þa oferhydegan
ealle gescende
þe me unrihte
ahwær gretan
ic þine bebodu
bealde gegange
gehweorfen to me
þa þe hyldu to þe
egsan ahtan
and ealle þa
þe þine gewitnesse
wise cuþan
wese heorte min
on hige clæne
and ic on þin soþfæst word
symble getreowige
þæt ic on ealdre ne wese
æfre gescended
min saul gewearþ
swancur on mode
þær ic on þinre hælu
hogode and sohte
hu ic on þinum wordum
wel getrywade
eagan me swylce
eac teoredon
þær on þinre spræce
spede eodan
cwædon cynlice
hwa cwicenne me
on þysum ealdre
eft frefrade
ic eom nu geworden
werum anlicast
swa þu on hrime setest
hlance cylle
ne eom ic ofergyttol
þæt ic ealle nu
þine soþfæste weorc
smicere healde
hwæt synt þinum esne
ealra dagena
þe þu mine ehtend for me
ealle gedeme
me manwyrhtan
manige on spellum
sægdon soþlice
na ic hit swa oncneow
swa hit þin æ hafaþ
ece dryhten
wærun þine ealle gebann
æþele and soþfæst
min ehtan oft
unrihtwyrhtan
gefultuma me
fægere drihten
hio me lytle læs
laþe woldan
þisses eorþweges
ende gescrifan
ic þin gebod
þa ne wolde
on þysum ealdre
anforlætan
æfter þinre þære myclan
mildheortnesse
weorþ me mihtig god
milde and bliþe
and ic gewitnesse
wel gehealde
muþes þines
þe þu men lærdest
on ecnesse
awa drihten
þin word wunaþ
weorþ on heofenum
and on worulda woruld
wunaþ ece forþ
þin soþfæstnes
swylce dryhten
þu þas eorþan
ealle worhtest
swa heo nu to worulde
wunian þenceaþ
þurh þinra dæda sped
dagas her gewuniaþ
forþon þu ealles
anweald hafast
þær me þin æ
an ne hulpe
þe ic on mode
minum hæfde
þonne ic wende
on woruldlife
þæt ic on minum eadmedum
eall forwurde
ne mæg ic þæs æfre forgytan
on ecnesse
nymþe ic soþ word
symble gehealde
forþon ic cuþlice on þæm
her nu cwicu lifige
ic eom þin hold scealc
do þu halne me
forþon ic þin soþ weorc
sece geneahhe
me fyrenfulle
fæcne seceaþ
wyllaþ me laþe
lifes asecean
ic þine gewitnesse
wat and sohte
ic soþ geseah
and swylce wat
ealre þysse worulde
wurþeþ ende
brad is þin gebann
and beorht swyþe
hu ic æ þine
ece drihten
lustum lufode
ic þæt lange dyde
þæt ic þa on mode
metegade georne
þu me snoterne gedydest
swylce ofer mine
feondas on foldan
fæcne ealle
forþon ic beorhtlice
þine bebodu læste
ofer ealle þa
þe me ær lærdon
ic þæs hæfde andgyt
æghwær gleawast
þæt ic þine gewitnesse
wise sohte
ic þæt ofer yldran oncneow
and þæt a geheold
þæt ic þine bebodu
bliþe geheolde
ic minum fotum
fæcne siþas
þa wraþan wegas
werede georne
þæt ic þine word mihte
wel gehealdan
na ic fram þinum domum
dædum swicade
forþon þu me æbebod
ærest settest
me is on gomum
god and swete
þin agen word
ece drihten
hit is halwende
hunige mycle
and beobreade
betere and swetre
on bebodum þinum
ic me betst oncneow
þæt ic unrihte wegas
ealle ofeode
forþon þu me æ þine
ær gesettest
þæt is fæle blacern
fotum minum
þæt ic þin word drihten
wel gehealde
and þæt ys þæt strange leoht
stige minre
ic aþas swor
and eac hycge
þæt ic soþne dom
symble healde
and ic eadmedu
ungemetum georne
efnan þence
forgif me ece god
þæt ic æfter þinum wordum
weorþe bliþe
mines muþes me
modes willa
on heahsælum
hraþe gebringe
and me þine domas alær
drihten swylce
is sawl min
symble on þinum
holdum handum
ne ic þine þa halgan æ
on þysum ealdre forgitan
æfre þence
me firenfulle
fæcne gyrene
awriþan wraþe
and ne wolde ic
fram þinum bebodum
feor geswican
ic me eowde begeat
æþele hæbbe
þine gewitnesse
wel getreowe
on ecnesse
awa to feore
þæt byþ heahbliss
heortan minre
ahylde ic mine heortan
holde mode
þæt ic þin soþfæst weorc
symble worhte
forþon ic þæs ece
edlean hæbbe
and ic synfulle
symble feode
and ic æ þine
elne lufade
þu me fultumian scealt
fæle gestandan
and andfenga
æghwær æt þearfe
and ic on þin word
wel getreowe
gewitaþ fram me
þe awyrgede synt
þenden ic godes bebodu
georne smeage
onfoh me freondlice
fæle drihten
æfter þam þe þu sylfa
sægdest and cwæde
þæt ic sceolde lifigan
lange þrage
ne gescend me on siþe
nu ic þin swa onbad
gefultuma me fæste
þonne beo ic fægere hal
and ic þine soþfæstnysse
symble þence
ealle þu forhogodest
þa þe unrihtes
wæran wyrhtan
wat ic gearewe
þæt heo on unriht
ealle þohtan
ic oferhylmend
ealle getealde
þa on eorþan her
yfele wæron
forþon ic þine gewitnesse
wyrþe lufade
gefæstna þinne egsan
flæsce minum
þæt ic me ondræde
domas þine
ic soþne dom
symble worhte
ne syle þu me ehtendum
æfre minum
onfoh þu þinum esne
fægere mid gode
þæt me oferhydige
æfre ne motan
hearmcwyddian
hyldo ne gymaþ
hwæt me eagan mine
atule gewurdan
þær ic on þinre hælo
hyldo sohte
and on þinre spræce
sped soþfæste
do þinum agenum
esne swylce
mycel milde mod
and me mægene eac
þin soþfæst word
sylfa lære
ic eom esne þin
syle andgit þæt ic
þine gewitnesse
wel leornige
þis is wynne tid
þæt man eac wel do
drihten ure
ne læt þu dole æfre
þin æbebod
ahwær toweorpan
forþon ic þin bebod
beorhte lufode
þa me georne synd
golde deorran
topazion þæra
teala gimma
forþon ic eall þin bebod
elne healde
and ic unrihte wegas
ealle feoge
wundorlic is þin gewitnes
wealdend dryhten
forþon heo min sawl smeaþ
and seceþ georne
worda me þinra
wise onleohteþ
beorhtnesse blæcern
and þu bealde sylest
andgit eallum
eorþbuendum
muþ ic ontynde
minne wide
þæt me min oroþ
ut afæmde
þær ic þin bebod
efnede mid willan
beseoh þu on me
and me syþþan hraþe
mære gemiltsa
swa þu manegum dydest
þe naman þinne
nyde lufedon
gerece þu me swylce
þæt ic on rihtne weg
æfter þinre spræce
spedum gange
þy læs min ænig unriht
ahwær wealde
ahrede me hearmcwidum
heanra manna
þæt ic þine bebodu
bealde healde
do þine ansyne
esne þinum
leohte and leofe
lær me syþþan
hu ic þin soþfæst word
selest gehealde
eagan mine gesawon
hu yþa gelaac
wid gang wætera
wundrum gangeþ
swa þam ilcum byþ
þe ær nellaþ
þinre æ bebod
elne healdan
drihten is soþfæst
synd his domas eac
reþe mid ræde
rihte gecyþde
hwæt þu soþfæst weorc
symble hete
on þinre gewitnesse
wel gehealdan
ealles forgeaton
þa me grame wæron
worda þinra
and me wa dydan
me heard ehtnes
huses þines
on bearme me
gebrohte oft
þa þin word noldan
wel gehealdan
þa me feondas ær
fæste wæron
is þin agen spræc
innan fyren
sylf swiþe hat
and symble þa
þin esne her
ealle lufade
ic wæs on geoguþe
grame me forhogedon
næs ic ofergittol
æfre hwæþere
þæt ic þin soþ weorc
symble heolde
is þin soþfæstnes
symble drihten
seo soþfæste
and seo symble biþ
on ecnesse
awa to feore
is þin swylce æþelnes
and æ soþfæst
me costunga
cnysdan geneahhe
and nearonessa
naman gelome
ac ic þine bebodu
efnde and læste
eac on minum mode
hi metegade georne
ys me þin gewitnes
weorþast and rihtast
and þa me on ece
andgyt hæbbe
syle me þa to soþe
and ic syþþan lifige
ic mid ealle ongann
inngehygde
heortan minre
hige to drihtne
ceare cleopian
he me cynlice
hraþe gehyrde
hyldo cuþe
þæt ic his soþfæstnesse
sohte geneahhe
ic cleopode to þe
do me cuþlice
halne heahcyning
heofona wealdend
hælende crist
ic þæt hicge nu
þæt ic þine bebodu
bliþe gehealde
and ic þe on ripe forecom
and hraþe swylce
ceare cleopode
þu me cynlice
wel onfencge
wistest gearwe
þæt ic on þinum wordum
wel getruwade
þe eagan mine
eac forecoman
on ærmergen
ic elne ongann
þine spræce
spyrian georne
gehyr mine stefne
halig drihten
æfter þinre þære myclan
mildheortnesse
and æfter þinum domum
do me halne
me syndon eahtend
ungemete neah aa
and þa synfullan
syndan ealle hi
fram æ þinre
unneah gewiten
wes me swiþe neah
wuldres drihten
synt ealle þine wegas
wise and cuþe
ic gewitnesse
wise þine
ongeat gleawlice
þæt þu geara hi
on ecnesse
ær staþelodest
ac min eaþmedu geseoh
eall ful georne
genere niode
nu me ned belæg
forþon ic wolde æ þine
elne healdan
dem minne dom
and me deore alys
for þinre spræce
do me spedlice
and cuþlice
cwicne nu-þa
wærun fyrenfulle feor
fælre hælu
forþon hi þine soþfæstnesse
secean noldan
miltsa synt þine
mihtig drihten
æfter þinum domum
do me cwicne
ic manige geseah
þe min ehton
nolde ic cwic æfre
swa þeah hwæþere
þine gewitnesse
wræste forlætan
ic manige geseah
men þa þe noldan
heora friþowære
fæste healdan
and ic þand wiþ þan
þe hi teala noldan
þinre spræce
sped gehealdan
swylce ic sylf geseah
þæt ic þin soþ bebod
lustum lufige
leofa drihten
on þinre mildheortnesse
me scealt acwician
þæt is weorþlic fruma
worda þinra
þæt þær byþ soþ
symble meted
and on ecnesse
awa to feore
ealle þine domas synt
dædum geseþde
min earwunga
ehtan ongunnon
ealdurmanna gehwylc
ungemete swiþe
wearþ me heorte forht
þær ic þin halig word
on þinum egesan ærest
æþelu tredde
ic blissige
bealde mode
ofer þinre spræce
spede þa myclan
swa se biþ bliþe
se þe beorna reaf
manige meteþ
þær hit mannum losaþ
and ic unrihta gehwylc
elne feode
and onhyscte
æghwær georne
wolde ic æ þine
elne lufian
swa ic þe seofon siþum
symble wolde
leofum lustlice
lofsang cweþan
daga æghwylce
forþon ic þine domas wat
on soþ fæste
smicere gefylde
þam biþ sib mycel
þe him þenceþ
þæt hi naman þinne
neode lufien
ne biþ him æswic on þon
æfre to feore
ic þinre hælu bad
halig drihten
and þine bebodu
bealde lufode
hafaþ sawl min
soþ gehealden
þinre gewitnesse
worda æghwylc
and ic þa lustum
lufade swiþe
heold ic þine bebodu
holde mode
and þine gewitnesse
wordum trymede
forþon ealle mine wegas
wise syndan
on þinre gesihþe
soþe drihten
nu genealæceþ
neode minum
gebedum bealde
þæt ic bidde nu
on þinre gesihþe
symble drihten
æfter þinre spræce
syle me spedlice
þæt þu me generige
niþa gehwylces
ingange min ben
ece drihten
on þinre gesihþe
symble æt þearfe
æfter þinre spræce
do spedlice
þæt þu me generige
niþa gehwylces
nu mine weleras þe
wordum belcettaþ
ymnas elne
gif þu me ærest wylt
þine soþfæstnesse
sylfa læran
hwæt tunge min
teala foresægde
hu þinre spræce
spede eodan
wærun eall þin bebodu
æghwær rihtwis
syn me þine handa
on hælu nu
and þæt domlice
gedon weorþe
forþon ic þine bebodu geceas
bealde æt þearfe
ic þinre hælu
her wilnade
drihten ælmihtig
do me symble
þæt ic æ þine
elne metige
leofaþ sawl min
and þe lustum hereþ
and me þine domas
dædum fultumiaþ
ic gedwelede
swa þæt dysige scep
þætte forweorþan
wolde huru
la sece þinne esne
elne drihten
forþon ic þinra beboda ne forgeat
beorhtra æfre