The Paris Psalter: Psalm 65 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.5.5.65 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 65
ealle eorþbuend ecne drihten wordum wislicum wide herian and his naman secgeaþ neode mid sealmum and him wuldres lof wide syllaþ
and gode secgeaþ hu his þa goodan weorc syndon wundorlice wide geond eorþan and eac on menigeo mægenes þines þine feondas þe fæcne leogaþ
geweorþie wuldres ealdor eall þeos eorþe ecne drihten and þe singe eac secge geneahhie þæt þin nama is ofer eall niþa bearn se hehsta hæleþa cynnes
cumaþ nu and geseoþ hu cyme weorc drihten worhte synt his domas eac swiþe egeslice ofer eall ylda bearn
he mæg onwendan wætera þryþe þæt þas deopan sæ drige weorþaþ and þa strangan mæg streamas swylce gefeterian þæt þu mid fote miht on treddian eorþan gelice
his mægen wealdeþ ofer eall manna cyn on ecnesse awa to feore and he ofer ealle þeode eagum wliteþ þa hine on yrre æghwær gebringaþ ne beoþ þa on him sylfum syþþan ahafene
bletsigen þeoda bliþe mode ealle eorþbuend ecne drihten and mid stefne lof strang asecgean
he mine sawle sette to life ne læteþ mine fet laþe hreran
ure costade god clæne fyre soþe dome swa man seolfor deþ þonne man hit aseoþeþ swyþe mid fyre
þu us on grame swylce gryne gelæddest and us bealuwa fela on bæce standeþ settest us mænige eac men ofer heafod
we þuruh fyr faraþ and þuruh floda þrym and þu us on colnesse clæne gelæddest
ic on þin hus halig gange and þær tidum þe tifer onsecge þær ic min gehat mid hyge gylde þæt mine weleras ær wise gedældan
þas ic mid muþe aspræc mine æt þearfe þær me costunge cnyssedan geneahhe þæt ic þe on tifrum teala forgulde ealle þa gehat þe ic æfre her mid minum welerum wis todælde
gehyraþ me and her cumaþ ic eow mid soþe secgean wylle gif ge godes egesan georne habbaþ hu mycel he dyde minre sawle
þuruh his mihte ic muþe cleopige oþþe mine tungan tidum blissade
gif ic me unrihtes oncneow awiht on heortan ne wite me þæt wealdend drihten
forþon me gehyrde hælend drihten and minre stefne beheold strange bene
drihten si gebletsad þe he ne dyde æfre nymþe he mine bene bealde gehyrde ne his milde mod me dyde fremde