The Paris Psalter: Psalm 88 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.5.5.88 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 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