The Paris Psalter: Psalm 89 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.5.5.89 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 89
þu eart friþstol us fæste drihten of cynne on cynne and on cneorisse
ærþon munta gesceaft ofer middangeard oþþe ymbhwyrft eorþan wære oþþe world wære þu eart wuldres god
ne ahwyrf þu fram mænn heah eadmedu and þu cuþlice cwæde sylfa ic manna bearnum mod onwende
for þinum eagum ece drihten þusend wintra biþ þon anlicast swa geostran dæg gegan wære
and swa hi on niht hyrdnesse neode begangaþ ne heora winterrim for wiht ne doþ
morgen gewiteþ swa gemolsnad wyrt oþre morgene eft gebloweþ and geefneþ swa oþþæt æfen cymeþ þonne forwisnaþ weorþeþ to duste
forþon we on þinum yrre ealle forwurdon wæron on þinum hathige hearde gedrefde
þu ure unriht eall asettest þær þu sylfa to eagum locadest and ure worulde þu eac gestaþelodest on alihtincge andwlitan þines
forþam þe ure dagas ealle geteorudun and we on þinum yrre synt swiþe gewæhte
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
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
us manþwærnes becwom micel ofer ealle and we on þam gefean forhte gewurdan
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
do us þa þine swiþran hand drihten cuþe þam þe on snytrum syn swyþe getyde and þa heora heortan healdaþ clæne
gehweorf us hwæthwiga halig drihten wes þinum scealcum wel eaþbede
we synd gefyllede fægere on mergenne þinre mildheortnesse þæs we on mode nu habbaþ ealle dagas æþele blisse
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
beseoh on þine scealcas swæsum eagum and on þin agen weorc ece drihten and heora bearn gerece bliþe mode
wese us beorhtnes ofer bliþan drihtnes ures þæs godan godes georne ofer ealle gerece ure handgeweorc heah ofer usic