A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon PoetryThe Paris Psalter: Psalm 140
| PPs140:1 1. | ic þe drihten to || dyrum clypige Iċ þē, drihten, tō || dīerum clipie; |
| PPs140:1 2. | gehyr me hrædlice || holdre stefne ġe·hīer mē hrǣdlīċe || holdre stefne, |
| PPs140:1 3. | þonne ic bene to þe || bidde ceare full þonne iċ bēne tō þē% || bidde ċeare full. |
| PPs140:2 1. | sy on þinre gesihþe || mines sylfes gebed Sīe on þīnre ġe·sihþe || mīnes selfes ġe·bedd |
| PPs140:2 2. | ful recene gereht || swa ricels byþ full recene ġe·reaht, || swā rīeċels biþ, |
| PPs140:2 3. | þonne hit gifre || gleda bærnaþ þonne hit ġīfre || glēda bærnaþ. |
| PPs140:3 1. | swylce is ahafenes || handa minra Swelċe is% ā·hafenes || handa mīnra, |
| PPs140:3 2. | þonne ic þe æfenlac || estum secge þonne iċ þe ǣfen-lāc || ēstum seċġe. |
| PPs140:4 1. | sete swæse geheald || swylce drihten Sete% swǣse ġe·heald || swelċe, drihten, |
| PPs140:4 2. | muþe minum || ne læt man sprecan mūðe mīnum, || ne lǣt man sprecan, |
| PPs140:4 3. | and æþele dor || ymbstandende and æðele dor || ymb-standende%, |
| PPs140:4 4. | þæt on welerum || wisdom healde þæt on welerum || wīsdōm healde. |
| PPs140:5 1. | ne hyld þu mine heortan || þæt ic hearme word Ne hield þū mīne heortan, || þæt% iċ hearme word |
| PPs140:5 2. | þuruh inwitstæf || ut forlæte þurh inwitt-stæf || ūt for·lǣte, |
| PPs140:5 3. | and ic lædend wese || laþra firena and iċ lǣdend wese || lāðra firena. |
| PPs140:6 1. | ne ic æfre mid mannum || manfremmendum Ne iċ ǣfre mid mannum || mān-fremmendum |
| PPs140:6 2. | gemænnesse || micle hæbbe ġe·mǣnnesse || miċele hæbbe, |
| PPs140:6 3. | ne on heora gecorenesse || becume æfre ne on hira ġe·corenesse || be·cume ǣfre. |
| PPs140:7 1. | ac me soþfæst || symble gerecce Ac% mē sōþfæst || simle ġe·reċċe |
| PPs140:7 2. | and mildheorte || mode þreage and mild-heorte || mōde þrēaĝe; |
| PPs140:7 3. | ele synfulra || æfre ne mote ele synfulra || ǣfre ne mōte |
| PPs140:7 4. | heafde minum || hrinan ahwær heafde mīnum || hrīnan āhwǣr. |
| PPs140:8 1. | forþon min gebed nu gyt || becnum standeþ For·þon min ġe·bedd nū-ġīet || bēcnum standeþ, |
| PPs140:8 2. | þæt him on wisum is || wel lycendlice þæt him on wīsum is || wēl līciendlīċe |
| PPs140:8 3. | syndon hi æt strangum || stane forswolgene sindon hīe æt strangum || stāne for·swolĝene; |
| PPs140:8 4. | noldan heora deman || mine gedefe word noldon hira dēman || mīne ġe·dēfe word |
| PPs140:8 5. | earan gehyran || eft ne mihton ēaran ġe·hīeran, || eft ne mihton. |
| PPs140:9 1. | swa unefne is || eorþe þicce Swā unefne is || eorðe þicce, |
| PPs140:9 2. | syndon þas moras || myclum asprotene sindon þās mōras || miċelum ā·sprotene, |
| PPs140:9 3. | swa ure ban syndon || bitere toworpene swā ūre bān sindon || bitere tō·worpene |
| PPs140:9 4. | be helwarena || hæfteneodum be hell-warena || hæfte-nīedum%. |
| PPs140:10 1. | forþon ic drihten on þe || dædum minum For·þon iċ, drihten, on þē || dǣdum mīnum |
| PPs140:10 2. | eagum and mode || æghwær gelyfe ēaĝum and mōde || ǣġhwǣr ġe·līefe; |
| PPs140:10 3. | ne ascuf þu fram me || sawle mine ne ā·sċūf þū fram mē || sāwle mīne. |
| PPs140:11 1. | geheald me wiþ þare gryne || þe me grame setton Ġe·heald mē wiþ þāre grīne || þe mē grame setton, |
| PPs140:11 2. | þæt me ne beswice || synwyrcende þæt mē ne be·swīce || synn-wyrċende, |
| PPs140:11 3. | þa þe unrihtes || æghwær þenceaþ þā þe unryhtes || ǣġhwǣr þenċaþ. |
| PPs140:12 1. | feallaþ firenfulle || on heora fengnettum Feallaþ firenfulle || on hira fenġ-nettum; |
| PPs140:12 2. | ic me syndrig eom || oþþæt ic swa fere iċ mē syndriġ eom, || oþ·þæt iċ swā fere. |