The Paris Psalter: Psalm 82 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.5.5.82 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 82
hwylc is þe gelic ece drihten ne swiga þu ne þe sylfne bewere
forþon þine feond fæcne forwurdan þa þe fæste ær feodan drihten and heora heafod wiþ þe hofan swiþe
hi on þinum folce him facengeswipere syredan and feredan and to swice hogedon and ehtunga ealle hæfdon hu hi þine halgan her yfeladan
cwædan cuþlice wutun cuman ealle and hi towyrpan geond werþeoda þæt ne sy gemyndig manna ænig hu israhela naman ænig nemne
forþon hi an geþeaht ealle ymbsætan and gewitnesse wiþ þe wise gesettan
selegesceotu synd onsægd in idumea and ismæhelita eac synt moabes ammon and ammalech agareni swylce gebal and grame manige fremde þeoda mid eardiendum folce on tyrum
cwom samod mid þam swylce assur ealle on wegum æghwær syndon on leodstefnum loþes bearnum
do him nu swa þu dydest dagum madiane and sisare swylce iabin ealle þa namon ændor wylle and cisone clæne hlimme wurdan þa earme eorþan to meohxe
sete heora ealdormenn swa þu oreb dydest zeb and zebee and salmanaa and heora ealdrum eallum swylce ealle þa on an ær gecwædon þæt hi halignesse godes her gesettan
sete hi nu min god samod anlice swa se wægnes hweol oþþe windes healm and swa færincga fyr wudu byrneþ oþþe swa lig freteþ lungre morhæþ
swa þu hi on yrre ehtest and drefest þæt hi on hrernesse hraþe forweorþaþ
gedo þæt hiora ansyn awa sceamige þonne hi naman þinne neode seceaþ
ealle beoþ georette eac gescende and on weoruldlife weorþaþ gedrefde þonne hi naman þinne neode seceaþ
þu ana eart ofer ealle heah eorþbuende ece drihten