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