The Paris Psalter: Psalm 121 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.5.5.121 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 121
ic on þyssum eom eallum bliþe þæt me cuþlice to acweden syndon and on godes hus gange syþþan
wæron fæststealle fotas mine on þinum cafertunum þær ure cyþþ wæs on hierusalem geara ærest
hierusalem geara þu wære swa swa cymlic ceaster getimbred þær syndon dælas on sylfre hire
þær cneorisse cende wæron cynn æfter cynne cuþan þa drihten and on þære gewitnesse wæran israelas þe his naman neode sceoldon him andetnes æghwær habban
oft hi þær on seldon sæton æt domum þu eart þonne dema dauides hus þæt on heofenum siteþ heah gestaþelod
biddaþ eow bealde beorhtere sibbe þa þe on hierusalem gode syndan and geniht agun þa þe neode þe on heora lufun lustum healdaþ
si þe on þinum mægene sib mæst and fyrmest and on þinum torrum wese tidum genihtsum
for mine broþru ic bidde nu and mine þa neahstan nemne swylce þæt we sibbe on þe symble habbon
and ic for mines godes huse georne þingie and to minum drihtne deorum sece þæt ic god æt him begitan mote