The Paris Psalter: Psalm 67 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.5.5.67 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 67
arise god ricene weorþe his feonda gehwylc fæste toworpen fleoþ his ansyne þa þe hine feodan ær
rece hi gelicast ricene geteoriaþ swa fram fyre weax floweþ and mylteþ swa þa fyrenfullan frecne forweorþaþ habbaþ soþfæste symbel ece
hi ansyne ecean drihtnes habbaþ beorhtlice blisse and sibbe
singaþ soþum gode sealmas geneahhige and his naman swylce neode heriaþ doþ siþfæt þæs seftne and rihtne þe he sylfa astah ofer sunnan up þam is to naman nemned drihten
wesaþ ge on his gesyhþe symble bliþe and on his ansyne wesan ealle gedrefde þa þe wydewum syn wraþe æt dome oþþe steopcildum wesen strange fæderas
drihten is on his stowe dema halig se þe eardian deþ anes modes and on hiora huse healdeþ blisse
se þe on his mægenes mihte gelædeþ þæt he þa gehæftan hæleþ sniome and þa to yrre beoþ ealle gecigde and eardiaþ on eorþscræfum
þonne god gangeþ for his þæt gleawe folc oþþe geond westena wide feraþ þanon eorþe byþ eall onhrered
for ansyne ecean drihtnes heofenas droppetaþ hrusan forhtiaþ for israela godes egesan þrymme
wilsumne regn wolcen brincgeþ and þonne ascadeþ god sundoryrfe eall þu þa gefremest þurh þine fæste miht
þine wihte on þam wynnum lifiaþ þu þin swete good sealdest þearfum
god gifeþ gleaw word godspellendum syleþ him modes mægen se þe is mihtig cynincg and wlites wealdend oft weorþlic reaf on huse men her gedælaþ
gif ge slæpaþ samod on clero fiþeru beoþ culfran fægeres seolfres and hire bæc scineþ beorhtan golde
þonne hi se heofonlica cynincg her toscadeþ syþþan hi on selmon snawe weorþaþ
gebeorh godes bringeþ to genihte wæstme weorþlice and wel þicce
forþon ge onfoþ fægerum beorge þær ge to genihte geniomaþ wæstme se is wealdendgode wel liciendlic on þam wiþ ende eardaþ drihten
wærun godes cræta gegearwedra tyn þusendo geteled rime mænigfeald þusend modblissiendra
drihten is on þam dædum spedig on heanesse astah hæftned lædde þa on hæftnede hwile micele lange lifdon and wæs lacgeofa ofer middangeard manna bearnum
ne magon þær eard niman ungeleafe menn wese of dæge on dæg drihten user se goda god georne gebletsad
sylle us gesundne siþfæt drihten ure hælend god helpe usser and us æt deaþe eac drihten gehealde
hwæþere wealdend god wiþhycgendra heafdas feonda her gescæneþ and he tofylleþ feaxes scadan þara þe her on scyldum swærum eodon
of basan cwæþ bealde drihten ic me on sæ deopre sniome onwende oþþæt þin fot weorþe fæste on blode
hundes tungan habbaþ feondas from þam þine gangas wæron gesewene wærun godes mines gangas rihte soþes cynincges symble on halgum
þyder ealdormen ofstum coman and gegaderade gleowe sungon on þæra manna midle geongra on tympanis togenum strengum and on ciricean crist drihten god bealde bletsige bearn israela
þær benniamines synt bearn on geogoþe and ealdormenn eac of iudan þe latteow wæs forþ þara leoda and ealdras eac of zabulone and neptalim niode swylce
bebeod þinum mægene þu eart mihtig god and þin weorc on us mid wisdome getryme on þinum temple tidum gehalgod þæt ys on hierusalem þyder þe gyfe lædaþ of feorwegum foldan cynincgas
on wuda þu wildeor wordum þreatast and fearra gemot under folcum ne beoþ ut fram þe æfre atynde þa þe seolfres beoþ since gecoste
toweorp þu þa þeoda #