The Paris Psalter: Psalm 143 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.5.5.143 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 143
drihten is gebletsad min se deora god þe mine handa to hilde teah and mine fingras to gefeohtanne
he is mildheortnes min æt þearfe friþ and fultum fæst andfengea and alysend is lifes mines
min þu mære eart mihtig scyldend ic hiht on þe hæbbe fæste þæt þu me folc mænig fægere underþeoddest
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
man byþ merwe gesceaft mihtum idel beoþ his dagas swylce demde gelice swa þu on scimiendre sceade locige
ahyld þine heofenas halig drihten onhrin þissum muntum and hi hraþe reocaþ
þine ligetta leohtaþ and beorhtaþ and þu hi toweorpest wide æfter synd þine strele strange swylce and þu hi gedrefed hafast deope syþþan
onsend þine handa of heanessum alys me and genere wiþ lagustreamum manegum wæterum and wiþ manfolmum fremdra bearna and frecenra
þara muþas sprecaþ manidel word biþ hyra seo swiþre symble abysgod þæt hi unrihtes elne tiligeaþ
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
þu healdest and sylest hælu cyningum þu alysdest eac leofne dauid þinne agenne ombihtmæcg of þam awyrgedan wraþan sweorde
alys me and oþlæd laþum wætrum manegum merestreamum mærum handum þa me fremde bearn fæcne syndan
þara muþas sprecaþ manidel word byþ hyra seo swiþre symble abysgad þæt hi unrihtes awa tiligean
þara bearn swylce bogum æþelum settum beamum samed anlice standaþ on staþule stiþe wiþ geoguþe
wærun heora dohtru deore gesette and ymb frætwum utan gegyrede efne anlicast æþelum temple
heora frumwæstme fulle syndon þæt hi rumlice roccettaþ swiþe of þissan on þæt þonne wendaþ
heora sceap wærun swylce tydred and on siþfatum swiþe genihtsum heora oxan eac ungemete fætte
ne hreosaþ hi to hrusan hearde gebiged ne þær fernes is folca mænegum ne care micle cleopiaþ on worþum
eadig biþ þæt folc oþre hataþ þe him swa on foldan fægre limpeþ eadig biþ þæt folc þe ælmihtig wile drihten god dema weorþan