The Paris Psalter: Psalm 135 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.5.5.135 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 135
ic andette ecum drihtne forþon he god is and ic ful gearwe wat þæt he to worulde byþ wis and mildheort
eac ic andette þam þe ece is ealra godena god forþon ic hine godne wat
andette ic swylce þam þe ealra is drihtna drihten dædum spedigast forþon he god is and ic gearwe wat þæt his mildheortnes is mycel to worulde
he wundur dyde weorþlic ana
se heofon worhte hæleþa andgit
he eorþan æfter wæter ærest sette
he leohtfatu leodum ana micel geworhte manna bearnum
sette on miht dæges mære sunnan
on miht nihte monan and steorran
he ægyptas sloh and eall heora frumbearn
and he israhelas ealle oþlædde of ægyptum ealle gesunde
on mihtigre mære handa and on eallmihte earmes swylce
he readne sæ recene todælde
lædde israhelas ealle þurh midne
þær pharaon gefeol and his fæge werud on þam readan sæ recene forwurdan
he gewealdendlice þuruh westen eft his þæt leofe folc lædde swylce
he of stanclife stearce burnan leodum lædde on leofne þanc
swylce he acwealde cyningas mycle
and he eac ofsloh æþele cyningas weras wræclice þa þe weoruld heoldan
þær seon cyning swylt dreorig fornam þe amorrea anweald hæfde
and og swylce þe æror wæs swyþe breme cyning on basane
sealde heora eorþan on yrfeland
and þæt yrfe on israele þe his esnas agene wæron
forþon ure eaþmedu ece drihten gemyndgade and us mycel sealde
and he us aferede feondum of handa þa þe wraþe wæron ealle
he eac afedeþ flæscea æghwylc
andetaþ nu ealle þam ecean gode þe on heofonum is heah eardiende
and ge ealra godena gode geara andettaþ forþan his mildheortnes is mycel to worulde