The Paris Psalter: Psalm 70 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.5.5.70 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 70
ic on þe god drihten gearuwe gewene ne weorþe ic on ealdre æfre gescended þu me sniome alys þuruh þine þa swiþeran miht
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
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
forþon þu me eart fæle geþyld fæste drihten wære me on geoguþe hyht gleaw æt frymþe
ic of modur hrife mundbyrd on þe þriste hæfde þu eart þeccend min on þe ic singge nu symble and geneahhie
ic eom swa forebeacen folce manegum and þu me eart fultum strang fæste æt þearfe
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
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
oft me feala cwædon feondas yfele and sætendan sawle minre and on anre geþeaht eodan togædere
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
ne ofgif þu me huru god ælmihtig beseoh þu me soþ god symble on fultum
beoþ gedrette eac gescende þa mine sawle ær swyþust tældun byþ þam scand and sceamu þe me syrwedan yfel
ic me symble on god swiþost getreowige ofer eall þin lof lengest hihte
min muþ sægeþ þine mægenspede and þin soþfæst weorc swyþust mæreþ sægeþ þe ealne dæg ece hælu
forþon ic ne ongeat grame ceapunga ac ic on þine þa myclan mihte gange
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
oþþæt ic þines earmes eall asecge stiþe strencþe þisse cneorisse eallum þam teohhe þe nu toweard ys
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
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
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
mine weleras gefeoþ wynnum lofiaþ þonne ic þe singe sigora wealdend and min sawl eac þa þu sylf lysdest
swylce min tunge tidum mærde þin soþfæst weorc scende wæron ealle þe me yfel to ær gesohton