The Paris Psalter: Psalm 53 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.5.5.53 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 53
on þinum þam haligan naman gedo me halne god alys me fram laþum þurh þin leofe mægen
god min gebed gearuwe gehyre and earum onfoh min agen word
forþam me fremde oft facne gestodon sohtan mine sawle swiþe strange and na heom god setton gleawne on gesyhþe
efne me þonne god gleawe fultumeþ is andfengea ece drihten sawle minre he me swican ne wile
afyr me fæcne yfel feonda minra and hi soþfæst toweorp syþþan wide
ic þe lustum lace cweme and naman þinne niode swylce geara andette forþon ic hine goodne wat
forþon þu me alysdest lifes ealdor of earfoþum eallum symble ealle mine fynd eagum ofersawe