# The Paris Psalter: Psalm 70

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ic on þe god drihten || gearuwe gewene
ne weorþe ic on ealdre || æfre gescended
þu me sniome alys || þuruh þine þa swiþeran miht

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ahyld me þin eare to || holde mode
and me lustum alys || and me lungre weorþ
on god drihten || georne þeccend
and on trume stowe || þæt þu me teala hæle

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forþon þu me god wære || geara trymmend
freoþa fultumiend || alys me feondum nu
and me of folmum afere || firenwyrcendra
þe þine æ || efnan nellaþ
syndon unrihtes || ealle wyrcende

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forþon þu me eart fæle geþyld || fæste drihten
wære me on geoguþe hyht || gleaw æt frymþe

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ic of modur hrife || mundbyrd on þe
þriste hæfde || þu eart þeccend min
on þe ic singge nu || symble and geneahhie

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ic eom swa forebeacen || folce manegum
and þu me eart fultum strang || fæste æt þearfe

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sy min muþ and min mod || mægene gefylled
þæt ic þin lof mæge || lustum singan
and wuldur þin || wide mærsian
and þe ealne dæg || æghwær herian

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ne aweorp þu me || wuldres ealdor
þonne me ylde tid || on gesige
þonne me mægen and mod || mylte on hreþre
ne forlæt þu me || lifiende god

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oft me feala cwædon || feondas yfele
and sætendan || sawle minre
and on anre geþeaht || eodan togædere

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cweþaþ cuþlice || wuton cunnian
hwænne hine god læte || swa swa gymeleasne
þonne we hine forgripen || and his geara ehtan
syþþan he ne hæbbe || helpend ænne

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ne ofgif þu me huru || god ælmihtig
beseoh þu me soþ god || symble on fultum

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beoþ gedrette || eac gescende
þa mine sawle ær || swyþust tældun
byþ þam scand and sceamu || þe me syrwedan yfel

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ic me symble on god || swiþost getreowige
ofer eall þin lof || lengest hihte

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min muþ sægeþ || þine mægenspede
and þin soþfæst weorc || swyþust mæreþ
sægeþ þe ealne dæg || ece hælu

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forþon ic ne ongeat || grame ceapunga
ac ic on þine þa myclan || mihte gange

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ic þine soþfæstnesse geman || symble drihten
þu me ara god || ærest lærdest
of geoguþhade || nu ic eom gomel wintrum
a ic wundor þin || weorþlic sægde
and ic þæt wiþ oryldu || awa fremme
ne forlæt þu me || lifigende god

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oþþæt ic þines earmes || eall asecge
stiþe strencþe || þisse cneorisse
eallum þam teohhe || þe nu toweard ys

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þines mihtes þrym || and þæt mære soþ
þæt þu on heofenum god || heah geworhtest
wundur wræclicu || nis þe wuldres cyning
ænig æfre gelic || ece drihten

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oft þu me ætywdest || earfoþes feala
on costunge || cuþra manna
and me yfela feala || oft oncnyssedest
þonne þu yrre þin || eft oncyrdest
and me of neowelnesse eft || neoþan alysdest
þysse eorþan || þe we on buiaþ

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þær þu þin soþfæst weorc || sniome tobræddest
þonne þu gehwyrfdest || and hulpe min
and me getrymedest || þæt ic teala mihte
forþon ic þe andette || ece drihten
and þe on sealmfatum || singe be hearpan
israela god || ece and halig

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mine weleras gefeoþ || wynnum lofiaþ
þonne ic þe singe || sigora wealdend
and min sawl eac || þa þu sylf lysdest

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swylce min tunge || tidum mærde
þin soþfæst weorc || scende wæron ealle
þe me yfel to || ær gesohton