The Paris Psalter: Psalm 68 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.5.5.68 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 68
do me halne god forþon hreoh wæter to minum feore inn floweþ and gangeþ eom ic on lame oflegd hafaþ lytle sped
com ic on sæs hricg þær me sealt wæter hreoh and hopig holme besencte
þær ic werigmod wann and cleopode þæt me grame syndan goman hase byþ me æt þam earon eagon wiþgangen hwæþere ic on god minne gearewe gewene
hiora is mycle ma þonne ic me hæbbe on heafde nu hæra feaxes þe me earwunga ealle feogeaþ
ofer me syndon þa þe me ehton fæstum folmum forþ gestrangad feondas mine and ic forþ agef unrihtlice þa þe ic ne reafude ær
þu wast wuldres god þæt ic eom unwis hyges ne wæren þe bemiþene mine scylde
ne sceolon æt me ænige habban sceame sceandlice þe þines siþes her ful bealdlice bidaþ drihten þu eart mægena god ne sceal æt me ænige unare ahwær findan þe þe israela god ahwær seceaþ
forþon ic edwit for þe oft aræfnade and me hleorsceame hearde becwoman and ic framþe wearþ fæderenbroþrum wæs unmæge gyst modorcildum
forþon me þines huses heard ellenwod æt ormæte and me eac fela þinra edwita on gefeollon
þonne ic minum feore fæsten gesette eall hi me þæt on edwit eft oncyrdan
gif ic mine gewæda on witehrægl cyme cyrde cwædan hi syþþan þæt ic him wæfersyn wære eallum
me wiþerwearde wæron ealle þa him sæton sundor on portum spræcon me wraþe þa þe win druncon
ic þonne min gebed to þe mihtig drihten tidum sende teala liciendlic and þu me þonne on mænigeo miltsa þinra gehyre me hlutre hælu þine
alys me of lame þe læs ic weorþe lange fæst and me feondum afyrr frea ælmihtig ado me of deope deorces wæteres þe læs me besencen sealte flodas
ne me huru forswelge sægrundes deop ne me se seaþ supe mid muþe
gehyr drihten me forþon gedefe is þin milde mod mannum fremsum and for mænigeo miltsa þinra geseoh on me swylce drihten
ne acyr þu æfre fram þinum cnihte þin clæne gesyhþ forþan me feondas to feohtaþ geneahhe gehyr me hrædlice and me help freme
beheald mine sawle and hi hrædlice alys and wiþfere laþum feondum
arscame || for þinre ansyne ealle syndon þe feondas me fæcne wurdon
min heorte gebad hearmedwit feala and yrmþu mænig eac aræfnede næfde eorla þæs ænig sorge frefrend ic sohte findan ic ne mihte
hi minne mete mengdan wiþ geallan and þa gedrugadne drenctan mid ecede
wese heora beod fore him wended on grine and on edlean yfel and on æwisce
syn hiora eagan eac adimmad þæt hi geseon ne magon syþþan awiht weorþe heora bæc swylce abeged eac
ageot ofer hi þin þæt grame yrre and æbylignes eac yrres þines hi forgripe gramhicgende
wese wic heora weste and idel ne on heora eþele ne sy þinc oneardiendes
forþon hi ealra ehtan ongunnon þe þu him earfoþu ænig geafe and me wean ecton minra wunda sar
asete him þa unriht to þe hi geearnedan and mid unrihte ær geworhton and hi on þin soþfæst weorc syþþan ne gangan
syn hi adilgad of gedefra eac þæra lifigendra leofra bocum ne wesen hi mid soþfæstum syþþan awritene
ic me sylfa eam sarig þearfa and me andwlita onfeng ecean drihtnes se me holdlice hælde sona
nu ic naman drihtnes neode herige and hine mid lofsange læde swylce
ic þam leofan gode licie swyþor þonne æþele cealf þeah þe him upp aga horn on heafde oþþe hearde cleo
geseoþ þæt and gefeoþ sarie þearfan seceaþ drihten and eower sawl leofaþ
forþam þa þearfendan þriste drihten gehyreþ holdlice nyle he gehæfte eac on heora neode na forhycgan
herige hine swylce heofen and eorþe side sæflodas and þa him syndon on
forþon sione god symble hæleþ beoþ mænige byrig mid iudeum eft getimbrade þær hi eard nimaþ
þær hi yrfestol eft gesittaþ and hiora eþel begytaþ esnas drihtenes and his naman neode lufiaþ þær eardiaþ awa to feore