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