The Paris Psalter: Psalm 126 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.5.5.126 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 126
nymþe hus timbrige halig drihten on idel gylp oþre winnaþ þe þæs huses hrof staþeliaþ
nymþe gehealde eac halig drihten ceastre mid cynnum ne mæg hi cynlice wæccende weard gehealdan
forhwan ge mid idelnesse ealle arisaþ ærþon leoht cume leoda bearnum arisaþ nu ricene and hraþe sittaþ þa þe sares hlaf swiþe æton
þonne he slæp syleþ swiþe leofum þæt is yrfe eac ecean drihtnes and herde bearn þa her mannum beoþ of innaþe ærest cende
swa seo stræle byþ strangum and mihtigum hrorum on handa heard ascyrped swa lyþra bearn lungre gewitaþ
þæt biþ eadig wer se þe a þenceþ þæt he his lust on þon leofne gefylle ne biþ he on ealdre ealre æfre gescended þonne he on gaton greteþ his grame feondas