# The Paris Psalter: Psalm 142

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drihten min gebed || deore gehyre
and mid earum onfoh || ungemetum georne
mine halsunge || heald me syþþan
on þinre soþfæstnesse || and me on soþe gehyr

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ne ga þu mid þinum esne || in to dome
forþon on þinre gesihþe ne biþ || soþfæst ænig
þe on þisse foldan || feorhlif bereþ

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forþon mine sawle || swiþe feondas
ealle ehtan || ungemete strange
habbaþ me gehnæged || heanne to eorþan
and min lif swylce || gelytlad is

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hi me on digle || deorce stowe
settan sarlice || samed anlice
swa þu worulddeade || wrige mid foldan
is me ænge gast || innan hreþres
and me is heorte on || hearde gedrefed

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þonne ic on mode || gemyndgade
hu me ærran dagas || oft alumpan
metegade on mode || ealle þine mæran weorc
and ymbe þine handgeweorc || hogode georne

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þonne ic mine handa to þe || holde þenede
and mine sawle || sette mid mode
swa eorþan biþ || ansyn wæteres
gehyr me hrædlice || hæl me syþþan

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nu me deope is || drihten leofa
min sylfes gast || swær geworden
ne awend fram me || wuldres ealdur
þine ansyne || wese ic earmum gelic
þe on sweartne grund || syþþan astigaþ

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gedo þæt ic gehyre || holde on morgene
þine mildheortnesse || mihtig drihten
forþon ic hycge to þe || helpe gelyfe

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do me wegas wise || þæt ic wite gearwe
on hwylcne ic gange || gleawe mode
nu ic to drihtnes || dome wille
mine sawle || settan geornast

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afyrr me frea drihten || feondum minum
nu ic helpe to þe || holde gelyfe
lær me hu ic þinne willan || wyrce and fremme
forþon þu min god eart || þu me god dydest

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me þin se goda gast || gleawe lædde
þæt ic on rihtne weg || reþne ferde
for naman þines || neodweorþunge
drihten usser || do me halne
þæt ic on þinum rihte || rædfæst lifige

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and þu of costunge || clæne alæddest
sawle mine || þær heo syþþan forþ
on þinre mildheortnesse || mote wunian
and þu mine feondas || fæcne todrife
and eac forleose || laþra gehwylcne
þe mine sawle || synne ætfæsten
forþon ic þin esne eom || agen symble