The Paris Psalter: Psalm 73 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.5.5.73 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 73
for hwan þu us ece god æfre woldest æt ende fram þe ahwær drifan is þin yrre strang and egesa mycel ofer þin agen eowde sceapa
gemun þin mannweorod þæt þu mihtig god æt fruman ærest fægere geworhtest
þu þines yrfes æþele gyrde sylfa alysdest and sione byrig on þam ilcan þu eard gename hefe þu þine handa and hyn hiora oferhygd feala wyrgnessa wraþe feondas þinum þam halgum hefige brohtan gylpaþ gramhydige þa þin geo ehtan and on þinra wica wuniaþ midle
settan hiora tacen soþe ne ongeaton swa hi on wege wyrcean sceoldon wundorbeacen swa hi on wudu dydan
hi mid æxum duru elne curfan and mid twyecgum teoledan georne þæt hi mid adesan ealle towurpan
þa hi þæt þin fægere hus fyre forbærndan and on eorþstede eac gewemdan þæt þinum naman gewearþ niode cenned
cwædan on heortan wutan cuman ealle and ure magas mid us wutun þyder gemot habban and symbeldagas swylce drihtnes on eorþwege ealle towurpan
ne we sweotul tacen us geseoþ ænig ne we on ænige wisan witegan habbaþ þæt us andgytes ma æfre secgen
wilt þu hu lange wealdend drihten edwit þolian yfelum feondum and naman þinne nu bysmriaþ þa wiþerweardan wraþe wiþ ende
for hwan awendest þu wuldres ansyne æfre fram us eac þa swyþran hand of þinum sceate sylfa wiþ ende
usser god cynincg geara þu worhtest ær woruld wære wise hælu on þisse eorþan efenmidre
þu on þines mægenes mihte spedum sæ gesettest swylce gebræce þæt dracan heafod deope wætere
þu þæs myclan dracan mihtum forcome and his þæt hearde heafod gescændest sealdest siglhearwum syþþan to mose
þu sylfa eac toslite wyllas and hlynnende hlude streamas on æthane ealle adrigdest
þu dæg settest and deorce niht swylce þu gesettest sunnan and monan ealle þu geworhtest eorþan gemæru sumor þu and lencten swylce geworhtest
wes þu gemyndig manna bearna þæra gesceafta þe þu gesceope þe fynd ætwitaþ fæcne drihtne unwis folc ne wat þinne wyrþne naman
ne syle þu unscyldigra sawla deorum þe þe andettaþ earme þearfan þara þu on ealdre ne forgit ece drihten
geseoh þu nu sylfa god soþ is gecyþed nu þin gewitnes ys wel gefylled hu deorce beoþ dagas on eorþan þam þe unrihtes æghwær wyrceaþ
ne byþ se eadmoda æfre gecyrred þeah þe wædla and þearfa he wyle naman þinne neode herian
aris drihten god dem þine nu ealde intingan eac wes gemyndig hu þe unwise edwita fela þurh ealne dæg oft aspræcon
ne forgit huru godra manna soþra stefna þa þe seceaþ þe fyll þa oferhydigan þa þe feogeaþ þe and eft to þe ealle stigaþ