The Paris Psalter: Psalm 55 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.5.5.55 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 55
miltsa me drihten forþon me man tredeþ and me ealne dæg mid unrihte fynd onfeohtaþ þurh facensearu
and me fæcne tredaþ feondas mine doþ þæt ealne dæg fram ærmergene
forþon monige synd þe to me feohtaþ wene ic me wraþe to þe wuldres drihten
ic wealdend god wordum herige and on god swylce georne gelyfe þæt minre spræce sped folgie æghwæs ealne dæg eac ic swylce on god drihten gearewe gewene nis me ege mannes for ahwæþer
hwæt me ealne dæg mine agen word sylfne socon swyþe oncuþon and wiþer me wæran georne on yfel heora geþeaht ealle onwende
on eardiaþ þa þe swa þenceaþ þæt heo gehyden hælun mine swa min sawl bad þæt þu swylce heo for nahwæþer nowiht hæle on yrre þu folc eall geþreatast
ic nu leofum gode lif min secge sette on þinre gesyhþe sarige tearas swa ic þe on gehate hæfde geneahhige
þonne on hinderling hweorfaþ mine feondas fæcne þonne ic me freoþu to þe wordum wilnige ic wat and can þæt þu min god gleawe wære
ic on god min word georne herige and on god swylce georne gelyfe and ic ealne dæg ecne drihten wordum weorþige ne me wiht an siteþ egesan awiht æniges mannes
on me synd mihtig god þæt ic þe min gehat on herenesse hyldo gylde forþon þu mine sawle of swyltdeaþes laþum wiþlæddest dydest lof stunde aweredest mine eagan wraþum tearum and mine fet fæle beweredest þæt ic gearewe gode licode on lifigendra leohte eallum