The Paris Psalter: Psalm 57 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.5.5.57 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 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