The Paris Psalter: Psalm 71 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.5.5.71 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 71
syle dom þinne drihten cyninge suna cynincges syle þæt he soþ healde
dem þu þin folc deore mid soþe heald þine þearfan holde mid dome
onfon beorgas eac beorhtre sibbe on þinum folce fægere blisse and geswyru eac soþum dædum
on his soþfæstnesse swylce demeþ on folce fyrhte þearfan swylce he þearfena bearn þriste hæleþ
he þa hermcweþend hyneþ and bygeþ se mid sunnan wunaþ swylce mid monan þurh ealra worulda woruld wunaþ him ece
he þonne astigeþ swa se stranga ren fealleþ on flys her and swa fæger dropa þe on þas eorþan upon dreopaþ
on his agenum dagum ypped weorþeþ syb soþfæstnes swiþe genihtsum oþþæt byþ ahafen hluttor mona
he þonne wealdeþ wera cneorissum be sæ tweonum sidum ricum and fram streamracum styreþ him eallum oþ þysse eorþan utgemæru
hine sigelwearas seceaþ ealle and his feondas foldan liccigeaþ
cumaþ of tharsis tires eadige and of ealandum utan cynincgas þa him eardgyfu æþele bringaþ of arabia eac of saba ealle him leoda lacum cwemaþ
hine weorþiaþ worulde cyningas þa on eorþwege ealle syndan ealle þeoda hine weorþiaþ georne
forþon he alyseþ lungre þearfan þæt him se welega ne mæg wiht onsittan and þæne wædlan þe on worulde næfþ ahwær elles ænigne fultum
he helpeþ þearfan swylce eac wædlan and he þearfigendra sawla gehæleþ
he of mansceatte and of mane eac sniome hiora sawle softe alysde ys his nama for him neode gebyrhted
he lyfaþ leodum him byþ lungre seald of arabia gold eorlas lædaþ hine weorþiaþ wera cneoressa and hine ealne dæg eac bletsiaþ
þonne æþele getrym eorþan weardaþ biþ se beorht ahafen ofer beorgas up ofer libanum licgeaþ his yþa and on burgum beoþ blostmum fægere swa on eorþan heg ute on lande
þonne byþ his nama ofer eall niþa bearn and to widan feore weorþeþ gebletsod ær sunnan his nama soþfæst standeþ byþ his setl ær swylce þonne mona
and him byþ eorþan cynn eall gebletsad ealle hine þeoda þriste heriaþ
wese israhela ece drihten and hiora sylfra god symble gebletsad se þe wundor mycel wyrceþ ana si his mihta nama mode gebletsad on ecnesse awa to worlde
and þeos eorþe si eall gefylled þurh his wuldres miht wese swa wese swa