The Paris Psalter: Psalm 128 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.5.5.128 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 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