The Paris Psalter: Psalm 119 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.5.5.119 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 119
ic me to drihtne deorum cleopode þonne me costunga cnysdon geneahhe and he me gehyrde holde mode
alys mine sawle lifes drihten of þam welerum þe wom cweþen and from þære tungan þe teosu wylle
hwæt biþ þe ealles seald oþþe eced swa from þære inwitfullan yflan tungan
strele beoþ scearpe strange and mihtige syþþan of gledon wesaþ gearwe ahyrde
wa me þære wyrde þæt min wynn alæg and min bigengea gewat bryce on feorweg sceal ic eard niman swa me eþe nis mid cedaringum nis min cyþ þær þe mine sawle swiþe beeode
mid þam þe hi sibbe swyþost feodan ic sibbe mid him soþe hæfde þonne ic him spedlice to spræce and hi lærde þonne me earwunga ealle onfuhtan