The Paris Psalter: Psalm 87 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.5.5.87 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 87
þu eart me drihten god dyre hælend ic on dæge to þe dygle cleopode and on niht fore þe neode swylce
gange min ingebed on þin gleawe gesihþ ahyld eare þin and gehyr min gebed
forþon is sawl min sares and yfeles fæste gefylled is min feorh swylce to helldore hylded geneahhe
wenaþ þæs sume þæt ic on wraþne seaþ mid fyrenwyrhtum feallan sceolde ic eom men gelic mære geworden þe mid deadum biþ betweox deaþe freo
swa gewundade wraþe slæpe syn þonne geworpene on widne hlæw þær hiora gymynde men ne wænan swa hi syn fram þinre handa heane adrifene
hi me asetton on seaþ hinder þær wæs deorc þeostru and deaþes scua
þær me wæs yrre þin on acyþed and þu me oferhige on ealle gelæddest
feor þu me dydest freondas cuþe settan me symble þær me unswæsost wæs eam ic swære geseald þær ic ut swican ne mæg
eagan me syndon unhale nu geworden for wædle ic me to wuldres gode þuruh ealne dæg elne clypige and mine handa to þe hebbe and þenige
ne huru wundur wyrceaþ deade oþþe hi listum læceas weccean and hi andettan þe ealle syþþan
cwist þu oncnawaþ hi wundru þine on þam dimmum deorcan þystrum oþþe þine rihtwisnesse recene gemeteþ on ofergyttolnesse manna ænig
ne on þeostrum ne mæg þances gehygdum ænig wislicu wundur oncnawan oþþe þin soþfæstnes si on þam lande þe ofergytnes on eardige
ic me to þe ece drihten mid modgehygde mægene clypade and min gebed morgena gehwylce fore sylfne þe soþfæst becume
forhwan þu min gebed æfre woldest soþ god wiþsacan oþþe þinre gesihþe me on þissum ealdre æfre wyrnan
wædla ic eom on gewinne worhte swa on geoguþe ahafen ic wæs and gehyned hwæþere næs gescended
oft me þines yrres egsa geþeowde and me broga þin bitere gedrefde
hi me ealne dæg utan ymbsealdan swa wæterflodas wæron ætsomne
þu me afyrdest frynd þa nehstan and mine cuþe eac cwicu geyrmdest