The Paris Psalter: Psalm 62 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.5.5.62 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 62
god min god min ic þe gearuwe to æt leohte gehwam lustum wacie
min sawl on þe swyþe þyrsteþ and min flæsc on þe fæste getreoweþ
on westene and on wege swylce and on wæterflodum wene ic swiþe þæt ic þe on halgum her ætywe þæt ic þin wuldur and mægen wis sceawige
ys þin milde mod micele betere þonne þis læne lif þe we lifiaþ on weleras þe mine wynnum heriaþ
swa ic þe on minum life lustum bletsige and ic on naman þinum neode swylce mine handa þwea halgum gelome
ys sawl min swetes gefylled swa seo fætte gelynd fægeres smeoruwes weleras mine wynnum swylce þinne naman nu-þa neode heriaþ
swa ic þin gemynd on modsefan on minre reste rihte begange and on ærmergen on þe eac gewene forþon þu me on fultum fæste gestode
ic beo fægere beþeaht fiþerum þinum and hiht on þon hæbbe georne forþon min sawl on þe soþe getreoweþ me þin seo swiþre onfencg symble æt þearfe
forþon hi on idel ealle syþþan sohton synlice sawle mine and geond eorþscræfu eodon geneahhe nu hi wæran geseald under sweordes hand syndon fracuþe nu foxes dælas
cynincg sceal on drihtne clæne blisse hluttre habban and hine heriaþ eac ealle þa þe on hine aþas sweriaþ forþon synt gemyrde muþas ealle þa unriht sprecaþ ahwær landes