The Paris Psalter: Psalm 137 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.5.5.137 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 137
ic þe andette ecne drihten on minre gehygde heortan ealre forþon þu ealle mine word earum gehyrdest þa ic mid muþe and mid mode cweþe and on þinra engla ealra gesihþe ic þe singe swiþe geneahhige
eac ic þin tempel tidum weorþige þæt halige hus holde mode and þær þinne naman on neod secge
ofer þine þa miclan mildheortnesse and soþfæstnesse samed ætgædere þu þinne þone halgan naman neode gedydest ofer us ealle æghwær micelne
swa hwylce daga ic þe deorne cige gehyr me hwætlice and me hraþe gedo micle mine sawle on þines mægenes sped
ealle þe andettan eorþan cyningas forþon þe hi gehyrdon hlude reorde þines muþes þa mæran word þa on sangum singan drihtne
forþon þin wuldur is wide geond eorþan micel and mære ofer middaneard eart þu healice ahafen drihten þu eadmodra ealra locast on heofonhame her on eorþan
þeah þe ic on midle manes gange þær me costunga cnysdan geneahhe a þu me weredest wraþum feondum þe me woldan yrre on acyþan þu me geræhtest recene mid handa and me þin swyþre sneome hælde
drihten for me dome gylde is his mildheortnes mycel on worulde ne forseoh æfre þæt þu sylfa ær mid þinum handum her geworhtest