The Paris Psalter: Psalm 148 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.5.5.148 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 148
heriaþ ge on heofenum hælend drihten heriaþ hlude on heanessum
heriaþ hine ealle engla þreatas lofige hine swylce eall his leodmægen
herigen hine swylce sunna and mona æghwylc steorra and þæt æþele leoht
heofenas hine heofena herian georne and þa wæter swylce þe ofer wolcnum synt on heofenhame herigen drihten
forþon he sylfa cwæþ sona wærun wræclice geworht wætera þryþe and gesceapene wærun þa he sylfa het
þa he on ecnesse eall staþelade and on worulda woruld wolde healdan he sette bebod syþþan heo þæt heoldon
herigen dracan swylce drihten of eorþan and ealle neowelnessa herian naman drihtnes
fyr forst hægel and gefeallen snaw is and yste ealra gastas þe his word willaþ wyrcean georne
muntas and geswyru micle beamas þa þe mæst and wæstm mannum bringaþ and on eallum cedrum ciiþ alæded
deor and neat do þæt sniome nifle nædran cynn be naman ealle and fugla cynn fiþerum gescyrped
eorþcyningas eac ealle swylce þe folcum her fore wisien and ealdormen ahwær syndan and ealle þe þas eorþan ahwær demeþ
beon ge hægestealdas and glade fæmnan ealde and geonge ealle ætsamne herian naman drihtnes mid neodlofe
forþon his anes nama ofer ealle is ahafen healice hæleþa ealra is upp ahafen his andetness heah ofer myclum heofone and eorþan
he horn hefeþ holdes folces he lofe leohteþ leofe þa halgan wese awa friþ on israhela fælum folce and hi forþ heonan on his neaweste neode wunian