The Paris Psalter: Psalm 74 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.5.5.74 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 74
we þe andettaþ ecne drihten and þe andettaþ ealle þeoda and naman þinne neode ciegen
ic þin wundur eall wræclic sæcge swa ic fæstlicast mæg befon wordum and eac soþ symble deme
eorþe is gemolten and hire eardend mid ic þonne hire swyre symble getrymme
ic to yflum cwæþ oft nalæs seldan nelle ge unriht ænig fremman and agyltan þæt hi ne gulpan þæs
ne ahebbaþ ge to hea eowre hygeþancas ne ge wiþ gode æfre gramword sprecan
forþon eastan ne cymeþ gumena ænig ne of westwegum wera cneorissa ne of þissum westum widum morum forþon him is dema drihten sylfa
sumne he gehyneþ sumne ahefeþ sniome forþon se wines steap on waldendes handa fægere gefylled is þæs onfehþ þe he ann
þonne he of þysum on þæt þonne oncerreþ nyle he þa dærstan him don unbryce forþam sculon ealle drincan synfulle þa on þysse foldan fyrene wyrceaþ ic þonne worulde gefean wynnum healde and iacobes gode georne singe
ealra fyrenfulra fyhtehornas ic bealdlice gebrece sniome swyþe beoþ ahafene þa soþfæstan