The Paris Psalter: Psalm 81 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.5.5.81 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 81
god mihtig stod godum on gemange and he hi on midle mægene tosceadeþ
hu lange deme ge domas unrihte and ge onfoþ ansyna synnwyrcendra
demaþ steopcildum domas soþe and eadmedum eac þæt sylfe wædlum and þearfum wel soþfæstum
ge of firenfulra fæcnum handum þearfan and wædlan þriste alysaþ
ne ongeatan hi ne geara wistan ac hi on þystrum þrage eodan ealle abeofedan eorþan staþelas
ic ærest cwæþ ge synd uppe godu ealle uphea and æþele bearn
ge þonne sweltaþ samod mid mannum swa ealdormann an gefealleþ
aris drihten nu dem eorþware forþan þu eart erfeweard ealra þeoda