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