The Paris Psalter: Psalm 128
oft me fuhtan to
fynd on geoguþe
cweþan israhelas nu
eac þæt sylfe
oft me fuhtan to
fynd on geoguþe
ne mihton hi awiht æt me
æfre gewyrcean
ofer minum bæce
bitere ongunnon
þa firenfullan
facen timbrian
and heora unriht
eft gelengdon
drihten is soþfæst
and gedeþ sniome
þæt he firenfullra
fæcne geþancas
wis toweorpeþ
weorþaþ gescende
and hiora scamiaþ
swiþust ealles
þa to sione hete
swiþost hæfdon
wesen hi hige
her gelicast
þam þe on huses þæce
heah aweaxeþ
þæt biþ forwisnad
wraþe sona
ær hit afohten
foldan losige
of þam he ne gefylleþ
folme æfre
þeah þe he hit mawe
micle elne
ne mid his sceafe ne mæg
sceat afyllan
þeah þe he samnige
swiþe georne
and þæt ne cweþan
þa his cwide weoldan
on ofergeate
æghwær hæbben
us gebletsige
bealde drihten
and ofer eow wese
eac his bletsung
we eow neodlice
on naman drihtnes
swylce bletsiaþ
bliþe mode