The Paris Psalter: Psalm 79 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.5.5.79 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 79
þu þe israela æþelum cynne reccest and rædest þu nu recene beheald þu þe ioseph swa sceap gramum wiþlæddest
þu þe sylfa nu sittest ofer cherubin æteow fore effraim eac mannasse and beniamin nu we biddaþ þe
awece þine mihte and mid wuldre cum and us hale do her on eorþan
gehweorf us mægena god and us mildne æteow þinne andwlitan ealle we beoþ hale
eala þu mægena god mære drihten hu lange yrsast þu on þines esnes gebed tyhst us and fedest teara hlafe and us drincan gifest deorcum tearum manna gehwylcum on gemet rihtes
þu us asettest on sarcwide urum neahmannum nu we cunnion hu us mid fraceþum fynd bysmriaþ
gehweorf us mægena god and us mildne æteow þinne andwlitan ealle we beoþ hale
þu of ægyptum ut alæddest wræstne wingeard wurpe þeode and þone ylcan þær eft asettest
þu him weg beforan worhtest rihtne and his wyrtruman wræstne settest þanon eorþe wearþ eall gefylled
his se brada scua beorgas þeahte and his tanas astigun godes cedderbeam
ealle þa telgan þe him of hlidaþ þu æt sæstreamas sealte gebræddest and hi to flodas forþ aweaxaþ
forhwan þu towurpe weallfæsten his wealdeþ his winbyrig eall þæt on wege færþ
hine utan of wuda eoferas wrotaþ and wilde deor westaþ and frettaþ
gehweorf nu mægena god milde and spedig þine ansyne ufan of heofenum gewite and beseoh wingeard þisne þæt he mid rihte ræde gange þæne þin seo swiþre sette æt frymþe and ofer mannes sunu þe þu his mihte ær under þe getrymedest tires wealdend
fyr onbærneþ folm þurhdelfeþ fram ansyne egsan þines ealle þa on ealdre yfele forweorþaþ
si þin seo swiþre hand ofer soþne wer and ofer mannes sunu þu his mihta þe geagnadest ealle getrymedest weoruda drihten ne gewitaþ we fram þe
ac þu us wel cwica wealdend mihtig we naman þinne neode cigeaþ
gehweorf us mægena #