The Paris Psalter: Psalm 52 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.5.5.52 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 52
on his heortan cwæþ unhydig sum ungleawlice þætte god nære heo onsceoniendlice syndon gewordene and heora willan wraþe besmitene
næs þa goddoend se þe god wiste ne an furþum ealra wære
þa of heofenum beseah halig drihten ofer manna bearn hwæþer his mihta þa andgyt ænig ealra hæfde oþþe god wolde georne secan
ealle heo on ane idelnesse symle besegan þa wæs soþ nan mann þe god wolde georne wyrcan ne an furþum ealra wære
ac ge þæs ealle ne magon andgyt habban þe unrihtes elne wyrceaþ and min folc fretaþ swa fælne hlaf ne hio god wyllaþ georne ciegan þær hio forhtigaþ frecnes egesan æniges ne þurfon #
forþam manna ban mihtig drihten liste tosceadeþ þa him liciaþ beoþ þa gehyrwede þe forhycggeaþ god
hwylc israela ece hælu syleþ of sione nymþe sylfa god þonne he his folc fægere alyseþ of hæftnyde halig drihten
þonne iacob byþ on glædum sælum and israelas ealle bliþe