The Paris Psalter: Psalm 51 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.5.5.51 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 51
fore ænigre egesan næfde ne him fultum þær fæstne gelyfde ac he on his welan spede wræste getruwode and on idel gylp ealra geornost
ic þonne swa elebeam up weaxende on godes huse ece gewene and on milde mod mines drihtnes and me þæt to worulde wat to helpe
ic þe andette awa to feore on þære worulde þe þu geworhtest her forþan þu eart se gooda gleaw on gesyhþe þe þinne held curan þara haligra