The Paris Psalter: Psalm 88
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
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
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
heofenas andettaþ
halig drihten
hu wundor þin
wræclic standeþ
and þa halgan eac
hergeaþ on cyricean
þine soþfæstnesse
secgeaþ geneahhige
nis under wolcnum
weoroda drihten
ænig anlic
ne þe ænig byþ
betweox godes bearnum
gyt gelicra
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
þu eart mægena god
mihtig drihten
nis þe ealra gelic
ahwær on spedum
is þin soþfæstnes
symble æghwær
þu wide sæs
wealdest mihtum
þu his yþum miht
ana gesteoran
þonne hi on wæge
wind onhrereþ
þu miht oferhydige
eaþe mid wunde
heane gehnægean
hafast þu heah mægen
þines earmes sped
wiþ ealle fynd
heofonas þu wealdest
hrusan swylce
eorþan ymbehwyrft
eall þu gesettest
þu norþdæl and sæ
niode gesceope
tabor et hermon
on naman þinum
hi mid strencgþe eac
upp ahebbaþ
þinne swiþran earm
swylce drihten
wesan hea mihte
handa þinre
ahafen ofer hæleþas
halig seo swyþre is
þines setles dom
soþ gegearwod
mildheortnes and soþfæstnes
mægene forgangaþ
þinne andwlitan
þæt biþ eadig folc
þe can naman þinne
neode herigean
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
forþon þu heora mægenes eart
mærost wuldor
and we þinum weldædum
wurdan ahafene
us an nimeþ
ece drihten
and israhela cyning
eac se halga
þonne þu ofer ealle
undearnunga
þine bearn sprecest
and bealde cwyst
ic me on þyssum folce
fultum sette
ofermihtigne
þone ic me ær geceas
ic me deorne scealc
dauid gemette
and hine halige ele
handum smyrede
heo him fultumeþ
and min fæle earm
and hine mid mycle
mægene geswyþeþ
ne mæg him ænig facen
feond æteglan
ne unrihtes bearn
ænig sceþþan
of his ansyne
ealle ic aceorfe
þa þe him feondas
fæcne syndon
and his ehtendas
ealle geflyme
hine soþfæstnes min
samod ætgædere
and mildheortnes min
mægene healdeþ
and on naman minum
neode swylce
his horn biþ ahafen
heane on mihtum
and ic his swiþran hand
settan þence
þæt he sæstreamum
syþþan wealde
he me him to fælum
fæder gecygde
wæs me andfencge god
ecere hælu
and ic þonne frumbearn
forþ asette
ofer eorþcyningas
ealra heahstne
ic him to widan feore
wille gehealdan
min milde mod
and him miht syllan
mine gewitnesse
weorþe and getreowe
ic to widan feore
wyrce syþþan
þin heahsetl
hror and weorþlic
swa heofones dagas
her mid mannum
gif mine bearn nellaþ
mine bebodu efnan
ne mine domas
dædum healdan
gif hi mine rihtwisnessa
fracoþe gewemmaþ
and hi mine bebodu
bliþe ne healdaþ
þonne ic heora unriht gewrece
egsan gyrde
and hiora synne
swinglum forgylde
ne ic him mildheortnesse
mine wille
fægere afyrran
ac him forþ swa þeah
mine soþfæstnesse
syllan þence
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
þu þonne wiþsoce
soþum criste
and hine forhogodest
hwile yldest
and awendest fram him
gewitnesse
esnes þines
ealle gewemdest
his halignesse
her on eorþan
ealle þu his weallas
wide todældest
towurpe fæsten his
for folcegsan
hine þa towurpon
wegferende
and he on edwit wearþ
ymbsittendum
handa þu ahofe
heah ehtendra
gebrohtest his feondas
fæcne on blisse
fultum þu him afyrdest
fagan sweordes
nafaþ æt gefeohte
fælne helpend
þu hine of clænnesse
clæne alysdest
setl his gesettest
sorglic on eorþan
þu his dagena tid
deorce gescyrtest
and mid sarlicre
sceame onmettest
wilt þu hu lange
wealdend drihten
yrre þin acyþan
swa onæled fyr
gemune mære god
hwæt si min lytle sped
ne huru þu manna bearn
on middangeard
to idelnesse
æfre geworhtest
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
hwær is seo ealde nu
ece drihten
micel mildheortness
þe þu mancynne
and dauide
deope aþe
þurh þines sylfes
soþ benemdest
gemune þinra esna
edwitspræce
þa him fracuþlice
fremde þeode
utan ætywaþ
oþre mægþe
cweþaþ him þæt edwit
ece drihten
feondas þine
fæste ætwitaþ
and þæt þinum criste
becweþaþ swiþe
a sy gebletsad
ece drihten
to widan feore
wese swa wese swa