# The Paris Psalter: Psalm 57

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gif ge soþ sprecan || symble wyllen
demaþ manna bearn || domum rihtum

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eft ge on heortan || hogedon inwit
worhton wraþe || forþan þæs wite eft
on eowre handa || hefige geeode

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ge firenfulle || fremde wurdon
syþþan hi on worlde || wæron acende
and heo on life || lygeword spæcon

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yrre heom becume || anlic nædran
þa aspide || ylde nemnaþ
seo hi deafe deþ || dytteþ hyre earan
þæt heo nele gehyran || heahgaldor sum
þæt snotre men || singaþ wiþ attrum

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god heora toþas || grame gescæneþ
þa hi on muþe || mycle habbaþ
tolyseþ leona mægen || lungre drihten

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ac hi forweorþan || wætere gelicost
þonne hit yrnende || eorþe forswelgeþ
swa his bogan bendeþ || oþþæt bitere eft
adl on seteþ || swa his geearnuncg byþ

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swa weax melteþ || gif hit byþ wearmum neah
fyre gefæstnad || swa heo feallaþ on þæt
hi sunnan ne geseoþ || syþþan æfre

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ærþon eowre treowu || telgum blowe
wæstmum weaxe || ær him wol becimeþ
þæt heo beoþ on yrre || ealle forswelgene

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soþfæst blissaþ || þonne he siþ ongan
hu þa arleasan || ealle forweorþaþ
and his handa þwehþ || on hæþenra
and þæra fyrenfulra || fæcnum blode

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and þonne man cweþeþ || on his modsefan
þis is wæstm || wises and goodes
þe his soþfæst weorc || symble læste
hi on eorþan god || ealle gedemeþ