A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon PoetryThe Paris Psalter: Psalm 138
| PPs138:1 1. | þu min costadest || cynnum drihten Þū min costodest || cynnum, drihten, |
| PPs138:1 2. | and me ongeate || gleawe mode and mē on·ġēate || glēawe mōde; |
| PPs138:1 3. | þu min setl || swylce oncneowe þū min setl || swelċe on·cnēowe, |
| PPs138:1 4. | and minne ærist || æfter gecyþdest and mīnne ǣrest || aefter ġe·cȳðdest. |
| PPs138:2 1. | and mine geþohtas eac || þriste oncneowe And mīne ġe·þōhtas ēac || þrīste on·cnēowe, |
| PPs138:2 2. | feorran ongeate || fore mine feorran on·ġēate || fōre mīne, |
| PPs138:2 3. | and mine gangas || gearwe atreddest and mīne gangas || ġearwe ā·treddest |
| PPs138:2 4. | and ealle mine wegas || wel foresawe and ealle mīne weĝas || wēl fore·sāwe, |
| PPs138:2 5. | forþan me inwit næs || ahwær on tungan for·þon mē inwitt næs || āhwǣr on tungan. |
| PPs138:3 1. | efne þu drihten || eall oncneowe Efne þū, drihten, || eall on·ēowe |
| PPs138:3 2. | þa ærestan || eac þa nehstan þā ǣrestan, || ēac þā nīehstan; |
| PPs138:3 3. | þu me gehiwadest || handa þinre þū mē% ġe·hīewodest || handa þīnre, |
| PPs138:3 4. | me ofer heafod || holde gesettest mē ofer hēafod || holde ġe·settest. |
| PPs138:4 1. | wundorlic is geworden || þin wisdom eall Wundorliċ is ġe·worden || þīn wīsdōm% eall, |
| PPs138:4 2. | se is beutan me || eac gestrangod sē is be·ūtan mē || ēac ġe·strangod; |
| PPs138:4 3. | ne mæg ic him on neode || a neah cuman ne mæġ iċ him on nīede || ā nēah cuman. |
| PPs138:5 1. | hwider mæg ic fram þinum gaste || gangan ahwær Hwider mæġ iċ fram þīnum gāste || gangan āhwǣr, |
| PPs138:5 2. | oþþe þinne andwlitan befleon || eorþan dæles oþþe þīnne andwlitan be·flēon || eorðan dǣles? |
| PPs138:6 1. | gif ic on heofenas up || hea astige Ġif iċ on heofonas up || hēa ā·stīġe, |
| PPs138:6 2. | þu me þær on efn || andweard sittest þū mē ðǣr on efn || andweard sittest; |
| PPs138:6 3. | gif ic on helle gedo || hwyrft ænigne ġif iċ on helle ġe·dō || hwierft ǣniġne, |
| PPs138:6 4. | þu me æt byst || efne rihte þū mē æt bist || efne rihte. |
| PPs138:7 1. | gif ic mine fiþeru gefo || fleoge ær leohte Ġif iċ mīne fiðeru ġe·fō, || fleoĝe ǣr lēohte, |
| PPs138:7 2. | oþþæt ic beutan wese || eallum sæwum oþ·þæt iċ be·ūtan wese || eallum sǣwum. |
| PPs138:8 1. | hwæt me þin hand þyder || ofer holma begang Hwæt, mē þīn hand þider || ofer holma be·gang |
| PPs138:8 2. | lædeþ lustum || and me lungre eft lǣdeþ lustum || and mē lungre eft |
| PPs138:8 3. | þin seo swiþre || þær gehendeþ þīn sēo swīðre || ðǣr ġe·hendeþ. |
| PPs138:9 1. | ic on mode cwæþ || minum swylce Iċ on mōde cwæþ || mīnum swelċe: |
| PPs138:9 2. | wen is þæt me þystru || þearle forgripen ‘Wēn is, þæt mē þīestru || þearle for·grīpen |
| PPs138:9 3. | and me on nihte || neode onlihte and mē on nihte || nīede on·līehte, |
| PPs138:9 4. | þæt ic minum bleom || bregde neahhige þæt iċ mīnum blēom || breġde nēahhe.’ |
| PPs138:10 1. | ne beoþ þeostru deorc || butan þinre miht Ne bēoþ þīestru deorc || būtan þīnre meaht; |
| PPs138:10 2. | þurh þa onlihtest niht || þæt heo byþ dæge gelic þurh þā on·līehtest niht, || þæt% hēo biþ dæġe ġe·līċ. |
| PPs138:11 1. | swa þragum gæþ || þeostru wiþ leohte Swā þrāĝum gæþ || þīestru wiþ lēohte, |
| PPs138:11 2. | forþon þu hi settest || swylce drihten for·þon þū hīe settest || swelċe, drihten; |
| PPs138:11 3. | canst mine ædre || ealle gearuwe canst mīne ǣdre || ealle ġearwe, |
| PPs138:11 4. | onfenge me fægere || swa ic furþum wæs on·fenge mē fæġere, || swā iċ furðum wæs |
| PPs138:11 5. | of modur hrife || minre acenned of mōdor% hrife% || mīnre% ā·cenned. |
| PPs138:12 1. | ic þe andette || ece drihten Iċ þē andette%, || ēċe% drihten, |
| PPs138:12 2. | forþon þu mid egesan eart || eall gewuldrad for·þon þū mid eġesan eart || eall ġe·wuldrod, |
| PPs138:12 3. | and þine weorc wæron || wræclice swyþe and þīne weorc wǣron || wræclice swīðe, |
| PPs138:12 4. | þa min saul oncneow || sona georne þā min sāwol on·cnēow || sōna ġeorne. |
| PPs138:13 1. | nis min ban wiþ þe || deope behyded Nis min bān wiþ þē || dēope be·hȳded, |
| PPs138:13 2. | þæt þu wislice || worhtest on diglum þæt þū wīslīċe || worhtest on dīeglum, |
| PPs138:13 3. | þeh min lichama || lytle þrage þēah min līċ-hama || lȳtle þrāĝe |
| PPs138:13 4. | on niþerdælum || eorþan wunige on niðer-dǣlum || eorðan wunie. |
| PPs138:14 1. | eagan þine gesawon || þæt ic ealles wæs Ēaĝan% þīne ġe·sāwon || þæt iċ ealles wæs |
| PPs138:14 2. | unfrom on ferhþe || eall þæt forþ heonan unfrom on ferhþe; || ealle þæt forþ heonan |
| PPs138:14 3. | on þinum wisbocum || awriten standeþ on þīnum wīs-bōcum || ā·writen standeþ. |
| PPs138:15 1. | dagas syndon trymede || swa hi drihten gesceop Daĝas sindon trymede, || swā hīe drihten ġe·sċōp. |
| PPs138:15 2. | ne mæg ænig on þam || awa lifigean ne mæġ ǣniġ on þǣm || āwa libban; |
| PPs138:15 3. | me synd arwyrþe || ealle swiþe mē sind ār-wierðe || ealle swīðe, |
| PPs138:15 4. | þe þine frynd wærun || fæste drihten þe þīne frīend wǣron || fæste, drihten, |
| PPs138:15 5. | is heora ealdordom || ungemete swiþe is hira ealdor-dōm || unġemete swīðe |
| PPs138:15 6. | on cneorissum || cuþ gestrangod on cnēo-rissum || cūþ ġe·strangod%. |
| PPs138:16 1. | gif ic hi recene nu || riman onginne Ġif iċ hīe recene nū || rīman on·ġinne, |
| PPs138:16 2. | hi beoþ ofer sandcorn || sniome manige hīe bēoþ ofer sand-corn || snēome maniġe; |
| PPs138:16 3. | syþþan ic arise || and recene nu gyt siþþan iċ ā·rīse || and recene nū-ġīet |
| PPs138:16 4. | mid þe sylfum eom || gif þu syþþan wylt mid þē selfum eom, || ġif þū siþþan wilt |
| PPs138:16 5. | þa firenfullan || fyllan mid deaþe þā firenfullan || fiellan mid dēaðe. |
| PPs138:17 1. | blodhreowe weras || ge bebugaþ me Blōd-hrēowe weras, || ġē be·būĝaþ mē, |
| PPs138:17 2. | þe þæt on geþohtum || þenceaþ cweþende þe þæt on ġe·þōhtum || þenċaþ cweðende: |
| PPs138:17 3. | wutun þurh idel searu || ealle tiligean ‘Wuton þurh īdel searu || ealle tilian |
| PPs138:17 4. | þæt we heora burh || tobrecan moton þæt we hira burh || tō·brecan mōton.’ |
| PPs138:18 1. | ealle þa þe feodan || þurh facen god Ealle þā þe fēodon || þurh fācen god, |
| PPs138:18 2. | ic hi feode nu || fæste mid niþe iċ hīe fēode nū || fæste mid nīðe, |
| PPs138:18 3. | and ofer þine feondas beo || facne gebolgen and ofer þīne fēondas bēo || facne ġe·bolĝen. |
| PPs138:19 1. | swa ic hi mid rihte || recene feoge Swā iċ hīe mid rihte || recene fēoġe, |
| PPs138:19 2. | forþon hi me feondas || fæcne wurdan for·þon hīe mē fēondas || fǣcne wurdon. |
| PPs138:20 1. | costa min god || swa hit cyn wese Costa min, god, || swā hit cynn wese, |
| PPs138:20 2. | and minre heortan gehygd || her gesceawa and mīnre heortan ġe·hyġd || hēr ġe·sċēawa, |
| PPs138:20 3. | þone fælan geþanc || frine me syþþan þone fǣlan ġe·þanc; || friġne mē siþþan |
| PPs138:20 4. | and mine stige ongit || gestaþelode and mīne stīġe on·ġiet || ġe·staðolode. |
| PPs138:21 1. | and þu sylfa geseoh || gif ic on swiculne weg And þū selfa ġe·seoh, || ġif iċ on swicolne weġ |
| PPs138:21 2. | oþþe on unrihte || ahwær eode oþþe on unrihte || āhwǣr ēode; |
| PPs138:21 3. | gelæd me þonne || lifes ealdor ġe·lǣd mē þonne, || līfes ealdor, |
| PPs138:21 4. | þæt ic on ecne weg || æghwær gange þæt iċ on ēċne weġ || ǣġhwǣr gange. |