The Paris Psalter: Psalm 83 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.5.5.83 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 83
synd me wic þine weorþe and leofe mægena drihten a ic on mode þæs willum hæfde þet ic him wunude onn
heorte min and flæsc hyhtaþ georne on þone lifigendan leofan drihten him eac spedlice spearuwa hus begyteþ and tidlice turtle nistlaþ þær hio afedeþ fugelas geonge
wærun wigbedu þin weoruda drihten þu eart drihten min and deore cynincg
eadige weorþaþ þa þe eardiaþ on þinum husum halig drihten and þe on worulda woruld wealdend heriaþ
þæt byþ eadig wer se þe him oþerne fultum ne seceþ nymþe fælne god and þæt on heortan hige healdeþ fæste geseteþ him þæt sylfe on þisse sargan dene þær hi teara teonan cnyssaþ on þam sylfan stede þe þu him settest her
brohte him bletsunge se þe him beorhte æ soþe sette syþþan eodan of mægene on mægen þær wæs miht gesawen on sionbeorge soþes drihtnes
gehyr min gebed halig drihten þu eart mære god mildum earum and iacobes god se mæra
beseoh drihten nu scyldend usser oncnaw onsyne cristes þines
betere is micle to gebidanne anne dæg mid þe þonne oþera on þeodstefnum þusend mæla
ic me þæs wyrce and wel ceose þæt ic hean gange on hus godes þonne ic on fyrenfulra folce eardige
forþon god lufaþ geornast ealles þæt man si mildheort mode soþfæst þonne him god gyfeþ gyfe and wuldur
nele god æfre gode bedælan þa þe heortan gehygd healdaþ clæne þæt biþ eadig mann se þe him ecean godes to mundbyrde miht gestreoneþ