# The Paris Psalter: Psalm 138

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þu min costadest || cynnum drihten
and me ongeate || gleawe mode
þu min setl || swylce oncneowe
and minne ærist || æfter gecyþdest

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and mine geþohtas eac || þriste oncneowe
feorran ongeate || fore mine
and mine gangas || gearwe atreddest
and ealle mine wegas || wel foresawe
forþan me inwit næs || ahwær on tungan

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efne þu drihten || eall oncneowe
þa ærestan || eac þa nehstan
þu me gehiwadest || handa þinre
me ofer heafod || holde gesettest

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wundorlic is geworden || þin wisdom eall
se is beutan me || eac gestrangod
ne mæg ic him on neode || a neah cuman

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hwider mæg ic fram þinum gaste || gangan ahwær
oþþe þinne andwlitan befleon || eorþan dæles

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gif ic on heofenas up || hea astige
þu me þær on efn || andweard sittest
gif ic on helle gedo || hwyrft ænigne
þu me æt byst || efne rihte

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gif ic mine fiþeru gefo || fleoge ær leohte
oþþæt ic beutan wese || eallum sæwum

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hwæt me þin hand þyder || ofer holma begang
lædeþ lustum || and me lungre eft
þin seo swiþre || þær gehendeþ

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ic on mode cwæþ || minum swylce
wen is þæt me þystru || þearle forgripen
and me on nihte || neode onlihte
þæt ic minum bleom || bregde neahhige

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ne beoþ þeostru deorc || butan þinre miht
þurh þa onlihtest niht || þæt heo byþ dæge gelic

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swa þragum gæþ || þeostru wiþ leohte
forþon þu hi settest || swylce drihten
canst mine ædre || ealle gearuwe
onfenge me fægere || swa ic furþum wæs
of modur hrife || minre acenned

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ic þe andette || ece drihten
forþon þu mid egesan eart || eall gewuldrad
and þine weorc wæron || wræclice swyþe
þa min saul oncneow || sona georne

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nis min ban wiþ þe || deope behyded
þæt þu wislice || worhtest on diglum
þeh min lichama || lytle þrage
on niþerdælum || eorþan wunige

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eagan þine gesawon || þæt ic ealles wæs
unfrom on ferhþe || eall þæt forþ heonan
on þinum wisbocum || awriten standeþ

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dagas syndon trymede || swa hi drihten gesceop
ne mæg ænig on þam || awa lifigean
me synd arwyrþe || ealle swiþe
þe þine frynd wærun || fæste drihten
is heora ealdordom || ungemete swiþe
on cneorissum || cuþ gestrangod

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gif ic hi recene nu || riman onginne
hi beoþ ofer sandcorn || sniome manige
syþþan ic arise || and recene nu gyt
mid þe sylfum eom || gif þu syþþan wylt
þa firenfullan || fyllan mid deaþe

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blodhreowe weras || ge bebugaþ me
þe þæt on geþohtum || þenceaþ cweþende
wutun þurh idel searu || ealle tiligean
þæt we heora burh || tobrecan moton

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ealle þa þe feodan || þurh facen god
ic hi feode nu || fæste mid niþe
and ofer þine feondas beo || facne gebolgen

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swa ic hi mid rihte || recene feoge
forþon hi me feondas || fæcne wurdan

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costa min god || swa hit cyn wese
and minre heortan gehygd || her gesceawa
þone fælan geþanc || frine me syþþan
and mine stige ongit || gestaþelode

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and þu sylfa geseoh || gif ic on swiculne weg
oþþe on unrihte || ahwær eode
gelæd me þonne || lifes ealdor
þæt ic on ecne weg || æghwær gange