The Paris Psalter: Psalm 93 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.5.5.93 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 93
þu eart wracena god and þu miht wrecan swylce ana gefreogan æghwylcne mann
ahefe þe on ellen eorþan dema gyld oferhydigum swa hi ær grame worhton
hu lange fyrenwyrhtan foldan wealdaþ oþþe manwyrhtan morþre gylpaþ
hi oftust sprecaþ unnyt sæcgeaþ and woh meldiaþ wyrceaþ unriht
folc hi þin drihten fæcne gehyndan and yrfe þin eall forcoman
ælþeodige men earme wydewan steopcilda feala stundum acwealdon
sægdan and cwædan þæt ne gesawe drihten æfre dyde swa he wolde ne þæt iacobes god ongitan cuþe
onfindaþ þæt and ongeotaþ þe on folce nu unwiseste ealra syndon dysige hwæthwygu deope þæt oncnawan
se þe ærest ealdum earan worhte hu se oferhleoþur æfre wurde and him eagena gesyhþ eallum sealde and he scearpe ne mæge gesceawian and se þe ege healdeþ eallum þeodum and his þrea ne si þær for awiht se þe men læreþ micelne wisdom
god ealle cann guman geþancas eorþbuendra forþon hi idle synt
þæt biþ eadig mann þe þu hine ece god on þinre soþre æ sylfa getyhtest and hine þeodscipe þinne lærest and him yfele dagas ealle gebeorgest oþþæt biþ frecne seaþ þam fyrenfullan deop adolfen deorc and þystre
næfre wiþdrifeþ drihten ure his agen folc ne his yrfe þon ma on ealdre wile æfre forlætan
hwylc þonne gena gehwyrfed byþ þæt he on unriht eft ne cyrre oþþe hwylc nymeþ me þæt ic man fleo and mid rihtheortum rædes þence
hwylc ariseþ mid me þæt ic riht fremme and wiþ awyrgedum winne and stande þe unrihtes ealle wyrceaþ
nymþe me drihten dema usser gefultumede fægere æt þearfe wenincga min sawl sohte helle
gif ic þæs sægde þæt min sylfes fot ful sarlice asliden wære þa me mildheortnes mihtigan drihtnes gefultumede þæt ic feorh ahte
æfter þære menigeo minra sara þe me ær on ferhþe fæste gestodan þa me þine frofre fægere drihten gesibbedan sawle mine
ne ætfyligeþ þe ahwær facen ne unriht þu gefæstnast facen sares hi soþfæste sneome gehæftaþ and heora sawle ofslean þenceaþ blod soþfæstra bitere ageotan
forþon me is geworden wealdend drihten to friþstole fæst and gestaþelad is me fultum his fæst on drihtne
þonne him gyldeþ god ælmihtig ealle þa unriht þe hi geearnedan and on heora facne fæste todrifeþ drihten eallmihtig dema soþfæst