The Paris Psalter: Psalm 134 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.5.5.134 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 134
heriaþ naman drihtenes neode swylce herigen hine his scealcas swiþe ealle
ge þe on godes huse gleawe standaþ and on cafertunum cristes huses þæs godan godes gearwe syndan
lofiaþ ge drihten forþon he lungre is fæstræd and fremsum fira æghwam weorþiaþ his naman forþon he wyrþe is
forþon him godne geceas iacob drihten and on agene æht israeles cynn
ic þæt gearwe ongeat þæt is god and mycel drihten ure forþon him dom standeþ ofer ealle godu eorþbuendra
ealle þa þe wolde worhte drihten on heofonrice and her on eorþan on sidum sæ swylce on eallum þær he dyrne wat deorce grundas
and he fram þysse eorþan ende lædeþ wolcen wræclicu wind and liget and þa to regne recene wyrceþ
þe forþ lædeþ fægere windas of his goldhordum godra manegum se ægipta sloh æþele frumbearn æghwylc ealra oþ þa nytenu
he sigetacen sende manegum forebeacn fæle folce ægipta and þa pharaones folce gecyþde and his scealcum samed ætgædere
se sloh þeode folc þearle manige and eac acwealde cyningas strange
wæs seon efne sum þara cynincga and og cyning se þe æror wæs on basane breme and mære
sealde heora eardland eall israhelum and heora yrfe eac his folce
ys þin nama drihten nemned ece and þin gemynd mihtig drihten on ealra worulda woruld wynnum standeþ
forþon his folc demeþ fægere drihten and he biþ on his esnum agenum frefriend
beoþ deofolgyld dysigra þeoda gold and seolfur þe her geotaþ menn and mid heora folmum fægere wyrceaþ
þa muþ habbaþ and ne meldiaþ wiht fægere eagan ne magon feor geseon
earan habbaþ ne hi awiht magon holdes gehyran þeah þe him hleoþrige and nose habbaþ nawiht gestincaþ
handa hi habbaþ ne hi hwæþere magon gegrapian godes awiht habbaþ fet swylce ne magon feala gangan
ne hi on hracan awiht hlude ne cleopiaþ ne him gast waraþ gomum on muþe
synt anlice þæm þe hi ær worhtan and ealle þa þe on hi æfre getreowaþ
hus israela holdne drihten bletsien bealde biddan swylce þæt aarones hus ecne drihten bliþe bletsien beornas ealle þa on lifes hus leof eardiaþ bletsien drihten bliþe mode
þa þe him ondræden drihtnes egsan bletsien drihten beornas ealle se drihten is deore gebletsad of sion sniome þe soþfæst ær on hierusalem god eardode