The Paris Psalter: Psalm 85 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.5.5.85 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 85
ahyld me þin eare halig drihten forþon ic eom wædla þu me wel gehyr and ic sylfa eom sorhfull þearfa
geheald mine sawle forþon ic halig eom hæl þinne scealc forþon ic þe hihte to
miltsa me drihten þonne ic mægene to þe þurh ealne dæg elne cleopade do þines scealces sawle bliþe forþon ic hi to þe hebbe genehhige
forþon þu eart wynsum wealdend drihten is þin milde mod mycel and genihtsum eallum þam þe þe elne cigeaþ
þu mid earum onfoh ece drihten min agen gebed and eac beheald hu ic stefne to þe stundum cleopige
þonne me on dæge deorc earfoþe carelice cnyssedan þonne ic cleopode to þe forþon þu me gehyrdest holde mode
nis þe goda ænig on gumrice ahwær efne gelic ece drihten ne þe weorc magon wyrcean anlic
ealle þu geworhtest wera cneorissa þa þe weorþiaþ wuldres aldor and naman drihtnes neode cigeaþ
forþan þu eart se mycla mihtiga drihten þe wundor miht wyrcean ana
gelæd drihten me on þinne leofne weg and ic on þinum soþe syþþan gancge
heorte min ahlyhheþ þonne ic þinne halgan naman forhtige me on ferhþe forþ andette mid ealre heortan hyge þæt þu eart halig god nemned drihten and we naman þinne on ecnesse a weorþien
ys þin mildheortnes mycel ofer me drihten and þu mine sawle swylce alysdest of helwarena hinderþeostrum
god min se leofa gramhydige me mid unrihte oft onginnaþ and gesamnincge swiþmihtigra sohton mine sawle swyþe geneahhe ne doþ him for awiht egsan drihtnes
hwæt þu eart min drihten god dædum mildheort þenden geþyldig þearle soþfæst
beseoh nu on me and me syþþan weorþ milde on mode mihtig drihten geteoh hrore meaht hysse þinum do þinre þeowan sunu drihten halne
do gedefe mid me drihten tacen and þæt god ongitan þa me georne ær fæste feodan habban forþ sceame
forþon þu me wære fultum fæste drihten and me frefredest frea ælmihtig