# The Paris Psalter: Psalm 143

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drihten is gebletsad || min se deora god
þe mine handa || to hilde teah
and mine fingras || to gefeohtanne

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he is mildheortnes || min æt þearfe
friþ and fultum || fæst andfengea
and alysend is || lifes mines

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min þu mære eart || mihtig scyldend
ic hiht on þe || hæbbe fæste
þæt þu me folc mænig || fægere underþeoddest

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hwæt is se manna || mihtig drihten
þe þu him cuþlice || cyþan woldest
oþþe mannes sunu || þæt hit gemet wære
þæt þu him aht wiþ || æfre hæfdest

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man byþ merwe gesceaft || mihtum idel
beoþ his dagas swylce || demde gelice
swa þu on scimiendre || sceade locige

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ahyld þine heofenas || halig drihten
onhrin þissum muntum || and hi hraþe reocaþ

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þine ligetta || leohtaþ and beorhtaþ
and þu hi toweorpest || wide æfter
synd þine strele || strange swylce
and þu hi gedrefed hafast || deope syþþan

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onsend þine handa || of heanessum
alys me and genere || wiþ lagustreamum
manegum wæterum || and wiþ manfolmum
fremdra bearna || and frecenra

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þara muþas sprecaþ || manidel word
biþ hyra seo swiþre || symble abysgod
þæt hi unrihtes || elne tiligeaþ

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ic niwlice || niwne cantic
þam godan gode || gleawne singe
on psalterio || þe him swynsaþ oft
mid tyn strengum || getogen hearpe
on þære þe ic þe singe || swiþe geneahhe

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þu healdest and sylest || hælu cyningum
þu alysdest eac || leofne dauid
þinne agenne || ombihtmæcg
of þam awyrgedan || wraþan sweorde

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alys me and oþlæd || laþum wætrum
manegum merestreamum || mærum handum
þa me fremde bearn || fæcne syndan

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þara muþas sprecaþ || manidel word
byþ hyra seo swiþre || symble abysgad
þæt hi unrihtes || awa tiligean

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þara bearn swylce || bogum æþelum
settum beamum || samed anlice
standaþ on staþule || stiþe wiþ geoguþe

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wærun heora dohtru || deore gesette
and ymb frætwum || utan gegyrede
efne anlicast || æþelum temple

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heora frumwæstme || fulle syndon
þæt hi rumlice || roccettaþ swiþe
of þissan on þæt || þonne wendaþ

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heora sceap wærun || swylce tydred
and on siþfatum || swiþe genihtsum
heora oxan eac || ungemete fætte

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ne hreosaþ hi to hrusan || hearde gebiged
ne þær fernes is || folca mænegum
ne care micle || cleopiaþ on worþum

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eadig biþ þæt folc || oþre hataþ
þe him swa on foldan || fægre limpeþ
eadig biþ þæt folc || þe ælmihtig wile
drihten god || dema weorþan