The Paris Psalter: Psalm 61 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.5.5.61 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 61
ic mine sawle symble wylle full gleawlice gode underþeodan æt him is hælu min her eall gelancg
hwæt he is god min and gearu hælend is he fultum min ic ne forhtige wiht
þonne ge mid mane men ongunnon ealle ge þa to deadan dædun sona swa ge awurpon wah of stofne
swa ge mine are ealle þohton wraþe toweorpan wide urnon þurstige muþe þæne bletsadan and þone wyrgedan wraþe mid heortan
hwæþere ic me soþe sawle mine to gode hæfde georne geþeoded he minre geþylde þingum wealdeþ
hwæt he is god min and gleaw hælend and fultum is ne mæg ic hine ahwær befleon
on gode standeþ min gearu hælu and wuldor min and wyn mycel me is halig hyht on hine swylce
hycge him halig folc hælu to drihtne doþ eowre heortan hige hale and clæne forþon eow god standeþ georne on fultum
hwæþere ge manna bearn manes unlyt wyrceaþ on wægum and woh doþ and eow beswicaþ sylfe oftast þær ge idel gylp on þam ilcan fremmaþ
nellaþ ge gewenan welan unrihte oþþe to reaflace ræda þencean
þeah þe eow wealan to wearnum flowen nyllan ge eow on heortan þa hige staþelian æne ic god spræcan gearuwe gehyrde and þæt treowe ongeat tidum gemeldad
miht is drihtnes ofer middangeard and him þæs to worlde wuldor stande and mildheortness þæt he manna gehwam æfter his agenum earnungum demeþ efne swa he wyrceþ on worldlife