The Paris Psalter: Psalm 127 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.5.5.127 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 127
eadige syndon ealle þe him ecne god drihten ondrædaþ and his gedefne weg on hyra lifes tid lustum gangaþ
þonne þu þines gewinnes wæstme byrgest etest oretes and þu eadig leofast and þe wel weorþeþ on wynburgum
beoþ þines wifes welan gelice swa on wingearde weaxen berigean and on þines huses hwommum genihtsum
synd þine bearn swylce samed anlicast swa elebeamas æþele weaxen ymb þinne beod utan blæda standen
efne swa biþ gebletsad beorna æghwylc mann on moldan þe him metodes ege on his dædum drihten forhtaþ
þe of sionbeorge swylce drihten bealde bletsige and þu bruce eac on hierusalem goda gehwylces ealle lange dagas lifes þines
and þu þinra bearna bearn sceawige geseo samed gangan sibb ofer israhel