# The Paris Psalter: Psalm 140

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ic þe drihten to || dyrum clypige
gehyr me hrædlice || holdre stefne
þonne ic bene to þe || bidde ceare full

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sy on þinre gesihþe || mines sylfes gebed
ful recene gereht || swa ricels byþ
þonne hit gifre || gleda bærnaþ

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swylce is ahafenes || handa minra
þonne ic þe æfenlac || estum secge

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sete swæse geheald || swylce drihten
muþe minum || ne læt man sprecan
and æþele dor || ymbstandende
þæt on welerum || wisdom healde

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ne hyld þu mine heortan || þæt ic hearme word
þuruh inwitstæf || ut forlæte
and ic lædend wese || laþra firena

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ne ic æfre mid mannum || manfremmendum
gemænnesse || micle hæbbe
ne on heora gecorenesse || becume æfre

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ac me soþfæst || symble gerecce
and mildheorte || mode þreage
ele synfulra || æfre ne mote
heafde minum || hrinan ahwær

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forþon min gebed nu gyt || becnum standeþ
þæt him on wisum is || wel lycendlice
syndon hi æt strangum || stane forswolgene
noldan heora deman || mine gedefe word
earan gehyran || eft ne mihton

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swa unefne is || eorþe þicce
syndon þas moras || myclum asprotene
swa ure ban syndon || bitere toworpene
be helwarena || hæfteneodum

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forþon ic drihten on þe || dædum minum
eagum and mode || æghwær gelyfe
ne ascuf þu fram me || sawle mine

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geheald me wiþ þare gryne || þe me grame setton
þæt me ne beswice || synwyrcende
þa þe unrihtes || æghwær þenceaþ

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feallaþ firenfulle || on heora fengnettum
ic me syndrig eom || oþþæt ic swa fere