# The Paris Psalter: Psalm 54

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gehyr min gebed || halig drihten
ne forseoh æfre || sariges bene
beheald me holdlice || and gehyr me eac

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grimme ic eom begangen || forþon ic gnornige
and me forhtige || feondes stefne
and fyrenfulra || fæcne niþas

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forþam me on sah || unrihtes feala
wurdon me þa on yrre || yfele and hefige

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ys me on hreþre heah || heorte gedrefed
and me fealleþ on || fyrhtu deaþes

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egsa me and fyrhtu || ealne forcwomon
and me beþeahton || þeostru niþgrim

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ic þa on mode cwæþ || hwa me sealde
to fleogenne || fiþeru swa culfran
and ic þonne ricene || reste syþþan

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efne ic feor gewite || fleame dæle
and on westene || wunode lange
bide þæs beornes || þe me bete eft
modes mindom || and mægenes hreoh

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hat nu todælan || drihten usser
heora geþeode || geond þas woruld wide
forþon ic þær on unriht || oft locade
and wiþercwyda || wearn gehyrde
drugon þæt on burgum || dæges and nihtes

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þunie him gewinnes wearn || ofer wealles hrof
and heom on midle wese || man and inwit
and unsoþfæstnys || ealle wealde

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næfre on his weorþige || wea aspringe
mearce mansceat || man inwides
forþon gif me min feond || fæcne wyrgeþ
ic þæt abere || bliþe mode

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þeah þe þa ealle || þe me a feodon
wordum wyrigen || and wearn sprecan
ic me wiþ heora hete || hyde sneome

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þu eart se man || þe me wære
on anmede || and æghwæs cuþ
latteow lustum || and wyt gelome eac
æton swetne mete || samed ætgædere
and on godes huse || gangan swylce
mid geþeahtunge || þine and mine

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hi ofer cume || unþinged deaþ
astigon heo on helle || heonan lifigende

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forþam on heora gasthusum || is gramlic inwit
and on hiora midle || man inwitstæf

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ic soþlice || to sylfum drihtne
cleopode on corþre || and me cuþlice
gehyrde || hælend drihten

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ic on æfenne || eac on mergenne
and on midne dæg || mægene sæcge
and bodie || þæt þu bliþe me
mine stefne || stiþe gehyre

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a þu symle || sawle mine
lustum alyse || laþum wiþferige
forþon me manige ymb || mægene syrewaþ

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þæt gehyreþ god || and hi gehyneþ eac
þe ær worulde wæs || and nu wunaþ ece

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nis him onwendednes || on woruldlife
ne him godes fyrhtu || georne ondrædaþ
heo besmitaþ || swylce his sylfes
þa gewitnesse || þær hi woh fremedon
forþon hi synt on yrre || ut adælde
ne hi sylfe wel || geseon æfre
forþon hit wæs his heortan || gehygde neah

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hi word hira || wel gesmyredon
ele anlicast || eft gewurdon
on gescotfeohta || scearpe garas

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sete on drihten || þin soþ gehygd
he þe butan fracoþum || fedeþ syþþan

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ne syleþ he soþfæstum || syþþan to feore
þæt him yþende mod || innan hreþre
þu arlease || ealle gelædest
on soþe forwyrd || seaþes deopes

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se blodhreowa wer || bealuinwites
fæcne gefylled || ne fæger lif
on middum feore || gemeteþ ahwær
ic me on minne drihten || deorne getreowige