The Paris Psalter: Psalm 123 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.5.5.123 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 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