# The Paris Psalter: Psalm 88

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mildheortnesse þine || mihtig drihten
ic on ecnesse || awa singe
fram cynne on cynn || and on cneorisse
ic þine soþfæstnesse || secge geneahhe
on minum muþe || manna cynne

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forþon þa þu cwæde || cuþe worde
þæt on ecnesse || awa wære
þin milde mod || micel getimbrad
heah on heofenum || hæleþa bearnum
and þin soþfestnes || symble gearwad

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ic minum gecorenum || cuþe gesette
hu min gewitnes || wolde gangan
ic dauide || dyrum esne
on aþsware || ær benemde
þæt ic his cynne || and cneowmagum
on ecnesse || a geworhte
ful sefte seld || þæt hi sæton on

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heofenas andettaþ || halig drihten
hu wundor þin || wræclic standeþ
and þa halgan eac || hergeaþ on cyricean
þine soþfæstnesse || secgeaþ geneahhige

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nis under wolcnum || weoroda drihten
ænig anlic || ne þe ænig byþ
betweox godes bearnum || gyt gelicra

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þu bist gewuldrad god || þær biþ wisra geþeaht
and haligra || heah gemetincg
micel and egeslic || ofer eall manna bearn
þa þe on ymbhwyrfte || ahwær syndon

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þu eart mægena god || mihtig drihten
nis þe ealra gelic || ahwær on spedum
is þin soþfæstnes || symble æghwær

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þu wide sæs || wealdest mihtum
þu his yþum miht || ana gesteoran
þonne hi on wæge || wind onhrereþ

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þu miht oferhydige || eaþe mid wunde
heane gehnægean || hafast þu heah mægen
þines earmes sped || wiþ ealle fynd

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heofonas þu wealdest || hrusan swylce
eorþan ymbehwyrft || eall þu gesettest

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þu norþdæl and sæ || niode gesceope
tabor et hermon || on naman þinum
hi mid strencgþe eac || upp ahebbaþ
þinne swiþran earm || swylce drihten

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wesan hea mihte || handa þinre
ahafen ofer hæleþas || halig seo swyþre is
þines setles dom || soþ gegearwod

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mildheortnes and soþfæstnes || mægene forgangaþ
þinne andwlitan || þæt biþ eadig folc
þe can naman þinne || neode herigean

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þa on þinum leohte || lifigeaþ and gangaþ
þe him ansyn þin || ær onlihte
and on naman þinum || neode swylce
beoþ ealne dæg || eac on blisse
and þine soþfæstnesse || symble æghwær

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forþon þu heora mægenes eart || mærost wuldor
and we þinum weldædum || wurdan ahafene

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us an nimeþ || ece drihten
and israhela cyning || eac se halga

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þonne þu ofer ealle || undearnunga
þine bearn sprecest || and bealde cwyst
ic me on þyssum folce || fultum sette
ofermihtigne || þone ic me ær geceas

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ic me deorne scealc || dauid gemette
and hine halige ele || handum smyrede

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heo him fultumeþ || and min fæle earm
and hine mid mycle || mægene geswyþeþ

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ne mæg him ænig facen || feond æteglan
ne unrihtes bearn || ænig sceþþan

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of his ansyne || ealle ic aceorfe
þa þe him feondas || fæcne syndon
and his ehtendas || ealle geflyme

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hine soþfæstnes min || samod ætgædere
and mildheortnes min || mægene healdeþ
and on naman minum || neode swylce
his horn biþ ahafen || heane on mihtum

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and ic his swiþran hand || settan þence
þæt he sæstreamum || syþþan wealde

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he me him to fælum || fæder gecygde
wæs me andfencge god || ecere hælu

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and ic þonne frumbearn || forþ asette
ofer eorþcyningas || ealra heahstne

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ic him to widan feore || wille gehealdan
min milde mod || and him miht syllan
mine gewitnesse || weorþe and getreowe

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ic to widan feore || wyrce syþþan
þin heahsetl || hror and weorþlic
swa heofones dagas || her mid mannum

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gif mine bearn nellaþ || mine bebodu efnan
ne mine domas || dædum healdan

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gif hi mine rihtwisnessa || fracoþe gewemmaþ
and hi mine bebodu || bliþe ne healdaþ

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þonne ic heora unriht gewrece || egsan gyrde
and hiora synne || swinglum forgylde

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ne ic him mildheortnesse || mine wille
fægere afyrran || ac him forþ swa þeah
mine soþfæstnesse || syllan þence

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ic æne swor || aþ on halgum
þæt ic dauide || dæda ne leoge
þæt on ecnesse || his agen cynn
wunaþ on wicum || biþ him weorþlic setl
on minre gesihþe || sunnan anlic
and swa mona || meahte on heofenum
þe is ece gewita || æhwær getreowe

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þu þonne wiþsoce || soþum criste
and hine forhogodest || hwile yldest
and awendest fram him || gewitnesse
esnes þines || ealle gewemdest
his halignesse || her on eorþan

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ealle þu his weallas || wide todældest
towurpe fæsten his || for folcegsan

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hine þa towurpon || wegferende
and he on edwit wearþ || ymbsittendum

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handa þu ahofe || heah ehtendra
gebrohtest his feondas || fæcne on blisse

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fultum þu him afyrdest || fagan sweordes
nafaþ æt gefeohte || fælne helpend

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þu hine of clænnesse || clæne alysdest
setl his gesettest || sorglic on eorþan

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þu his dagena tid || deorce gescyrtest
and mid sarlicre || sceame onmettest

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wilt þu hu lange || wealdend drihten
yrre þin acyþan || swa onæled fyr

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gemune mære god || hwæt si min lytle sped
ne huru þu manna bearn || on middangeard
to idelnesse || æfre geworhtest

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hwylc is manna || þæt feores neote
and hwæþere on ende || deaþ ne gesceawige
oþþe hwylc manna is || þæt his agene
fram helle locum || sawle generige

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hwær is seo ealde nu || ece drihten
micel mildheortness || þe þu mancynne
and dauide || deope aþe
þurh þines sylfes || soþ benemdest

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gemune þinra esna || edwitspræce
þa him fracuþlice || fremde þeode
utan ætywaþ || oþre mægþe

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cweþaþ him þæt edwit || ece drihten
feondas þine || fæste ætwitaþ
and þæt þinum criste || becweþaþ swiþe

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a sy gebletsad || ece drihten
to widan feore || wese swa wese swa