The Paris Psalter: Psalm 57
gif ge soþ sprecan
symble wyllen
demaþ manna bearn
domum rihtum
eft ge on heortan
hogedon inwit
worhton wraþe
forþan þæs wite eft
on eowre handa
hefige geeode
ge firenfulle
fremde wurdon
syþþan hi on worlde
wæron acende
and heo on life
lygeword spæcon
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
god heora toþas
grame gescæneþ
þa hi on muþe
mycle habbaþ
tolyseþ leona mægen
lungre drihten
ac hi forweorþan
wætere gelicost
þonne hit yrnende
eorþe forswelgeþ
swa his bogan bendeþ
oþþæt bitere eft
adl on seteþ
swa his geearnuncg byþ
swa weax melteþ
gif hit byþ wearmum neah
fyre gefæstnad
swa heo feallaþ on þæt
hi sunnan ne geseoþ
syþþan æfre
ærþon eowre treowu
telgum blowe
wæstmum weaxe
ær him wol becimeþ
þæt heo beoþ on yrre
ealle forswelgene
soþfæst blissaþ
þonne he siþ ongan
hu þa arleasan
ealle forweorþaþ
and his handa þwehþ
on hæþenra
and þæra fyrenfulra
fæcnum blode
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