# The Paris Psalter: Psalm 123 # nymþe us on wese || ece drihten cweþaþ israhelas || ealle nu-þa nymþe us eardige on || awa drihten # þonne us manfulle || menn onginnaþ wen is þæt hi us lifigende || lungre wyllen sniome forsweolgan || gif hi swa magon # þonne us þara manna || mod yrsade and us wiþerwearde || wæron geneahhe wen is þæt hi us woldan || wætre gelice sona gesupan || gif hit swa wolde # oft ure sawl || swyþe frecne hlimman gedegde || hludes wæteres wene ic forþon || þæt heo wel mæge þæt swyþre mægen || sawel usser wæteres wenan || þæs wel gedegean # drihten si gebletsad || þe þæt ne dyde æfre þæt us on hearde || hæftnyd sealde þam þe us mid toþum || toteon woldan # wærun ure sawla || samod anlice niþa generede || swa swa neodspearuwa of grames huntan || gryne losige # grin biþ on sadan || grame torænded and we synd alysde || lifes wyrþe we us naman drihtnes || neode habbaþ on fultume || fæstne and strangne þæs þe heofon worhte || hrusan swylce