The Paris Psalter: Psalm 91 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.5.5.91 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 91
god is þæt man drihtne geara andette and neodlice his naman asinge þone heahestan hæleþa cynnes
and þonne on morgene mægene sæcge hu he milde wearþ manna cynne and his soþe sæcge nihtes
hwæt ic on tyn strengum getogen hæfde hu ic þe on psalterio singan mihte oþþe þe mid hearpan hlyste cweman forþon þu me on þinum weorcum wisum lufadest hihte ic to þinra handa halgum dædum
hu micle synt þine mægenweorc mihtig drihten wærun þine geþancas þearle deope
wonhydig wer þæs wiht ne cann ne þæs andgit hafaþ ænig dysigra
þonne forþ cumaþ fyrenfulra þreat heap synnigra hige onlic ealle þær ætywaþ þa þe unrihtes on weoruldlife worhtan geornast þæt hi forwordene weorþen syþþan on worulda woruld and to widan feore
þu on ecnesse awa drihten heahesta bist heofonrices weard
þi nu þine feond fæcne drihten on eorþwege ealle forweorþaþ and weorþaþ towrecene wide ealle þa þe unrihtes æror worhtan
þonne anhorna ealra gelicost min horn weorþeþ ahafen swiþe and mine yldo beoþ æghwær genihtsum
and eage þin eac sceawode hwær fynd mine fæcne wæran and mine wergend wraþe gehyrde efne þin agen eare swylce
se soþfæsta samed anlicast beorht on blædum bloweþ swa palma and swa libanes beorh lideþ and groweþ
settaþ nu georne on godes huse þæt ge on his wicum wel geblowan
nu gyt syndan manige manna swylce þe hiom yldo gebidan ær to genihte and þa mid geþylde þenden sægdan
cwædon þæt wære soþfæst sylfa drihten and hine unrihtes awyht ne heolde