The Paris Psalter: Psalm 59 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.5.5.59 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 59
þu us todrife drihten user and us towurpe geond werþeoda yrre us wurde and eft milde
eorþan þu onhrerdest ealle gedrefdest hæl hyre wunde nu heo ahrered is
feala þu ætywdest folce þinum heardra wisan and hi hraþe æfter mid wynsume wine drenctest
þu becnuncge beorhte sealdest þam þe ege þinne elne healdaþ þæt hi him gebeorgen bogan and stræle and wæron alysede leofe þine
do me þin seo swyþre hand symle halne gehyr me halig god hwæt þu holdlice on þinre halignesse her aspræce and ic blissie ba gedæle sicimam et conuallem þa samod wæron on metiboris mihtum spedige
min is galaad gleaw mannases and effrem ys æþele strengþu heafdes mines her on foldan
cyninc ys me iuda cuþ is me moab mines hyhtes hwer and ic aþenige eac on idumea min gescy sende and me syþþan gedo allophilas ealle gewylde
hwylc gelædeþ me leofran on ceastre weallum beworhte hwa wyle swylce me in idumea eac gelædan
ac ne eart þu se sylfa god þe us swa drife ne ga þu us on mægene mihtig drihten
syle us nu on earfoþum æþelne fultum forþon hælu byþ her on eorþan manna gehwylces mægene idel
us sceal mægenes gemet mihtig drihten soþfæst syllan and he sona mæg ure fynd gedon fracoþe to nahte