The Paris Psalter: Psalm 138 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.5.5.138 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 138
þu min costadest cynnum drihten and me ongeate gleawe mode þu min setl swylce oncneowe and minne ærist æfter gecyþdest
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
efne þu drihten eall oncneowe þa ærestan eac þa nehstan þu me gehiwadest handa þinre me ofer heafod holde gesettest
wundorlic is geworden þin wisdom eall se is beutan me eac gestrangod ne mæg ic him on neode a neah cuman
hwider mæg ic fram þinum gaste gangan ahwær oþþe þinne andwlitan befleon eorþan dæles
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
gif ic mine fiþeru gefo fleoge ær leohte oþþæt ic beutan wese eallum sæwum
hwæt me þin hand þyder ofer holma begang lædeþ lustum and me lungre eft þin seo swiþre þær gehendeþ
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
ne beoþ þeostru deorc butan þinre miht þurh þa onlihtest niht þæt heo byþ dæge gelic
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
ic þe andette ece drihten forþon þu mid egesan eart eall gewuldrad and þine weorc wæron wræclice swyþe þa min saul oncneow sona georne
nis min ban wiþ þe deope behyded þæt þu wislice worhtest on diglum þeh min lichama lytle þrage on niþerdælum eorþan wunige
eagan þine gesawon þæt ic ealles wæs unfrom on ferhþe eall þæt forþ heonan on þinum wisbocum awriten standeþ
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
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
blodhreowe weras ge bebugaþ me þe þæt on geþohtum þenceaþ cweþende wutun þurh idel searu ealle tiligean þæt we heora burh tobrecan moton
ealle þa þe feodan þurh facen god ic hi feode nu fæste mid niþe and ofer þine feondas beo facne gebolgen
swa ic hi mid rihte recene feoge forþon hi me feondas fæcne wurdan
costa min god swa hit cyn wese and minre heortan gehygd her gesceawa þone fælan geþanc frine me syþþan and mine stige ongit gestaþelode
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