# The Paris Psalter: Psalm 89

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þu eart friþstol us || fæste drihten
of cynne on cynne || and on cneorisse

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ærþon munta gesceaft || ofer middangeard
oþþe ymbhwyrft || eorþan wære
oþþe world wære || þu eart wuldres god

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ne ahwyrf þu fram mænn || heah eadmedu
and þu cuþlice || cwæde sylfa
ic manna bearnum || mod onwende

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for þinum eagum || ece drihten
þusend wintra biþ || þon anlicast
swa geostran dæg || gegan wære

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and swa hi on niht hyrdnesse || neode begangaþ
ne heora winterrim || for wiht ne doþ

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morgen gewiteþ || swa gemolsnad wyrt
oþre morgene || eft gebloweþ
and geefneþ swa || oþþæt æfen cymeþ
þonne forwisnaþ || weorþeþ to duste

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forþon we on þinum yrre || ealle forwurdon
wæron on þinum hathige || hearde gedrefde

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þu ure unriht || eall asettest
þær þu sylfa || to eagum locadest
and ure worulde þu || eac gestaþelodest
on alihtincge || andwlitan þines

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forþam þe ure dagas || ealle geteorudun
and we on þinum yrre synt || swiþe gewæhte

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wæran anlicast || ure winter
geongewifran || þonne hio geornast biþ
þæt heo afære || fleogan on nette
beoþ ure geardagas || gnornscendende
þeah þe heora hundred seo || samod ætgædere

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gif on mihtigum || mannum geweorþeþ
þæt hi hundehtatig || ylda gebiden
ealle þe þær ofer beoþ || æfre getealde
wintra on worulde || þa beoþ gewinn and sar

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us manþwærnes becwom || micel ofer ealle
and we on þam gefean || forhte gewurdan

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hwa þæs soþ me cann || sæcgean ænig
hu þines yrres || egsa standeþ
and seo micle miht || nis þæt mann ænig
þe þa ariman || rihte cunne

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do us þa þine swiþran hand || drihten cuþe
þam þe on snytrum syn || swyþe getyde
and þa heora heortan || healdaþ clæne

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gehweorf us hwæthwiga || halig drihten
wes þinum scealcum || wel eaþbede

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we synd gefyllede || fægere on mergenne
þinre mildheortnesse || þæs we on mode nu
habbaþ ealle dagas || æþele blisse

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we gefeoþ swylce || for þon fægerum dagum
on þam þu us to eadmedum || ealle gebrohtest
and for þam gearum þe we on gesawon || yfela feala

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beseoh on þine scealcas || swæsum eagum
and on þin agen weorc || ece drihten
and heora bearn gerece || bliþe mode

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wese us beorhtnes ofer || bliþan drihtnes
ures þæs godan godes || georne ofer ealle
gerece ure handgeweorc || heah ofer usic