# The Paris Psalter: Psalm 77

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geheald þu min folc || mine fæste æ
ahyldaþ eowre earan || þæt ge holdlice
mines muþes word || mihte gehyran

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ic on anlicnessum || ærest ontyne
mines sylfes muþ || secggean onginne
þa on worldricum || wæron æt frymþe

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ealle þa we oncneowan || cuþ ongeaton
and ure fæderas us || æror sægdon

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noldan hi þa swiþe || heora synna dyrnan
ac ylda gehwylc || oþrum cyþde

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sægdon lof symble || leofum drihtne
and his þa myclan miht || mænigu wundur
þa he geworhte || wera cneorissum

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he aweahte || gewitnesse
on iacobe || goode and strange
and israhelum || æ gesette

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þa he fæste bebead || fæderum ussum
þæt hi heora bearnum || budun and sægdun
and cinn oþrum || cyþden and mærden

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gif bearn wære || geboren þam fæder
him sceolde se yldra || eall gesæcgan

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þæt hi gleawne hiht || to gode hæfdan
and his weorþlicu || weorc gemundon
and godes bebodu || georne heoldan

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ne wesen hi on facne || fæderum gelice
þæt wæs earfoþcynn || yrre and reþe
næfdon heora heortan || hige gestaþelod
nis to wenanne || þætte wolde god
hiora gasta mid him || gyman awiht

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effremes bearn || ærest ongunnan
of bogan stræle || bitere sendan
þæs hi on wiges dæge || wendon æfter

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ne heoldan hi || halgan drihtnes
gewitnesse || ne his weorca æ
awiht wislice || woldan begangan

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ealra goddæda || hi forgiten hæfdon
and þara wundra || þe he worhte ær
þara heora yldran || on locadan

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he on ægypta || agenum lande
him worhte fore || wundur mære
and on campotanea || eac mid soþe

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he sæ toslat || sealte yþa
gefæstnade || and hi foran þurh

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him wisode || wolcen unlytel
daga æghwylce || swa hit drihten het
and him ealle niht || oþer beacen
fyres leoma || folcnede heold

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he on westene || wide ædran
him of stane let || strange burnan

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of þam wæter cwoman || weorude to helpe
swyþe wynlice || wætera þryþe

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þa hi hira firene || furþur ehtan
and hine on yrre || eft gebrohtan
heora heafodweard || holdne on lande

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hi þa on heortan || hogedon to niþe
and geornlice || godes costadan
bædan hiora feorum || foddur geafe
and gramlice || be gode spræcan
ac we þæs ne wenaþ || þæt us witig god
mæge bringan to || beod gegearwod
on þisum westene || widum and sidum

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þeah þe he of stane || streamas lete
wæter on willan || wynnum flowan

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ne we hwæþere wenaþ || þæt he wihte mæge
mid hlafe þis folc || her afedan

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syþþan þæt gehyrde || halig drihten
he ylde þa gyt || and eft gespræc
wæs gegleded fyr || on iacobe
and his yrre barn || on israhelas

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forþon þe hi ne woldon || wordum drihtnes
lustum gelyfan || lare forhogedon

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het he þa widan duru || wolcen ontynan
hea of heofenum || and hider rignan
manna to mose || manna cynne
sealde him heofenes hlaf || hider on foldan
and engla hlaf || æton mancynn
and hwætenne || hæfdon to genihte

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and awehte þa || windas of heofenum
auster ærest || and þa affricum

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him þa eac feoll ufan || flæsc to genihte
swa sand sæs || oþþe þiss swearte dust
coman gefiþrade || fugelas swylce

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and on middan þa wic || manige feollan
and ymb hiora selegescotu || swiþe geneahhe

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swiþe ætan || and sade wurdan
and hiora lusta || lifdan hwile
næron hi bescyrede || sceattes willan

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þa gyt hi on muþe || heora mete hæfdon
þa him on becwom || yrre drihtnes
and heora mænige || mane swultan
æþele israhela || eac forwurdan

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in eallum hi þissum || ihtan synne
and noldan his wundrum || wel gelyfan

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hi heora dagena tid || dædun idle
and heora geara gancg || eac unnytte

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þonne he hi sare sloh || þonne hi sohton hine
and ær leohte to him || lustum cwoman

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syþþan hi ongeaton || þæt wæs god heora
fæle fultum || freond æt þearfe
wæs hea god || heora alysend

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hi hine lufedan || lease muþe
ne þæs on heortan || hogedan awiht

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næs him on hreþre || heorte clæne
ne hi on gewitnesse || wisne hæfdon
on hiora fyrhþe || fæstne geleafan

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he þonne is mildheort || and manþwære
hiora fyrendædum || nolde hi to flymum gedon

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he þa manige fram him || mangewyrhtan
yrre awende || eall ne wolde
þurh hatne hyge || hæleþum cyþan

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and he gemunde || þæt hi wæran moldan and flæsc
gast gangende || næs se geancyr eft

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hi hine on westenne || wordum and dædum
on yrre mod || eft gebrohtan
aweahtan hine on eorþan || oft butan wætere

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oft hi grimlice || godes costodan
and israhela god || eac abulgan

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na gemynd hæfdan || hu his seo mycle hand
on gewindæge || werede and ferede

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he ægypti || egesan geþywde
mid feala tacna || and forebeacna
in campotaneos || þæt wæs cuþ werum

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þær he wæterstreamas || wende to blode
ne meahte wæter drincan || wihta ænig

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sette him heard wite || hundes fleogan
and hi ætan eac || yfle tostan
hæfdan hi eallunga || ut aworpen

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sealde erucan || yfelan wyrme
let hiora wyrta || wæstme forslitan
and hiora gram gewinn || hæfdan gærshoppan

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heora wingeardas || wraþe hægle
nede fornamon || nænig moste
heora hrorra hrim || æpla gedigean

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sealde heora neat eac || swylce hæglum
and heora æhta || ealle fyre

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he æbyligþe on hi || bitter and yrre
sarlic sende || oþ sawlhord
and þæt wiþ yfele || englas sende

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he him weg worhte || wraþan yrres
ne he heora sawlum deaþ || swiþe ne sparude
and heora neat || niþcwealm forswealh

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he þa on þam folce || frumbearna gehwylc
on ægiptum || eall acwealde
and frumwæstme || folce chames

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þa he his folc genam || swa fæle sceap
lædde geliccast || leofe eowde
þurh westenas || wegas uncuþe

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and he hi on hihte || holdre lædde
næs him on fyrhtu || feondes egsa
ac ealle þa || yþa fornamon

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he hi þa gelædde || on leofre byrig
and haligre || þa his hand begeat

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and he manige for him || mære þeode
awearp of wicum || sealde him weste land
þæt hi mid tane || getugan rihte

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þa israelas || æhte gesætan
hrores folces || þa hi heanne god
gebysmredan || noldon his bebodu
fæste healdan # || 

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hi awendan aweg || nalæs wel dydan
swa heora fæderas || beforan heoldan
and on wiþermede || wendan and cyrdan

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swa hi his yrre || oft aweahtan
þonne hi oferhydig || up ahofan
and him wohgodu || worhtan and grofun

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þa þæt gehyrde || halig drihten
he hi forhogode || and hraþe syþþan
israhela cynn || egsan geþyde

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and he þa swa gelome wiþsoc || snytruhuse
wæs his agen hus || þær he eard genam
ær mid mannum || mihtig hæfde

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he hi þa on hæftnyd || hean gesealde
and heora fæger folc || on feondes hand

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sealde þa his swæs folc || sweorde under ecge
and his yrfe eac || eall forhogode

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heora geoguþe eac || grimme lige
fyr fæþmade || fæmnan ne wæran
geonge begrette || þeah þe hi grame swultan

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wæran sacerdas heora || sweordum abrotene
ne þæt heora widwan || wepan mostan

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þa wearþ aweaht || wealdend drihten
swa he slæpende || softe reste
oþþe swa weorþ man || wine druncen

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he þa his feondas sloh || and him ætfæste eac
ece edwit || awa to feore

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and he georne wiþsoc || iosepes huse
ne þon ær geceas || effremes cynn
ac he geceas iudan him || geswæs frumcynn
on sione byrig || þær him wæs symble leof

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he þa anhornan || ealra gelicast
his halige hus || her on eorþan
getimbrade || het þæt teala syþþan
on worldrice || wunian ece

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and him þa dauid geceas || deorne esne
and genam hine æt eowde || ute be sceapum
fostur feormade || he him onfencg hraþe

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he þonne fedeþ || folc iacobes
and israhela || yrfelafe

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and he hi þonne butan facne || fedeþ syþþan
and his folmum syþþan || hi forþ lædeþ