The Paris Psalter: Psalm 136 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.5.5.136 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 136
ofer babilone bradum streame eadig byþ se þe nimeþ and eac seteþ þær we sittaþ and sare wepaþ his agen bearn on þone æþelan stan þonne we sion gemunan swiþe georne
on salig we sarige swiþe gelome ure organan up ahengan
forþon us þær frunon fæcnum wordum woh meldedan þa us on weg læddan
singaþ us ymnum ealdra sanga þe ge on sione sungan geneahhige hu magon we singan sangas drihtne on þære foldan þe us fremde is
gif ic þin hierusalem forgyten hæbbe forgyte min seo swyþre symble æt þearfe ætfeole min tunge fæste gomum gif ic ofergittol þin æfre weorþe
gif ic ne forsette þe symble æt frymþe ac ic on hierusalem georne blissie
gemune þu drihten manigra bearna þe on edom synt eal lifigende þonne þu hierusalem gegodie þa nu oft cweþaþ wutun hi idle gedon oþþæt hi heora eard geceosan
hwæt þu eart babilone bitere ætfæsted ænge and yfele hire earm dohter eadig byþ hwæþere se þe eft gyldeþ
þa þu him on ealdre ær forgeafe and us eallum eac gesealdest