Psalm 50 University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/A.6.26 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 Psalm 50
dauid wæs haten diormod hæleð israela bræga æðelæ and rice cyninga cynost criste liofost wæs he under hiofenum hearpera mærost ðara we an folcum gefrigen hæbben sangere he wæs soðfæstest swiðe geðancol to ðingienne ðiodum sinum wið ðane mildostan manna sceppend wæs se dryhtnes ðiowa dauid æt wige soð sigecempa searocyne man casere creaftig ðonne cumbulgebrec on gewinndagum weorðan scoldan hwæðere him geiode swa ful oft gedeð ðætte godferhte gylt gefræmmað ðurh lichaman lene geðohtas gelamp ðæt him mon ansende saula neriend witgan mid wordum weorada dominus and secgan het selfum gecyðan ymb his womdeda waldendes doom ðæt se fruma wære his feores sceldig for ðam ðe he uriam het aldre beneman fromne ferdrinc fere beserode and him bezabe brohte to wife for gitsunga ðe he godes eorre ðurh his selfes weorc sona anfunde him ða ðingode ðioda aldor dauid georne and to dryhtne gebæd and his synna hord selfa ontende gyltas georne gode andhette weoruda dryhtne and ðus wordum spæc miltsa ðu me meahta walden nu ðu wast manna geðohtas help ðu hælend min handgeweorces ðines anes ælmehtig god efter ðinre ðære miclan mildhiortnesse ond eac efter menio miltsa ðinra dryhten weoruda adilga min unriht to forgefenesse gaste minum aðweah me of sennum saule fram wammum gasta sceppend geltas geclansa ða ðe ic on aldre æfre gefremede ðurh lichaman leðre geðohtas forðan ic unriht min eal oncnawe and eac synna gehwær selfum æt eagan firendeda geðrec beforan standeð scelda scinað forgef me sceppen min lifes liohtfruma ðinre lufan blisse nu ic anum ðe oft syngode and yfela feola eac gefræmede gelta gramhegdig ic ðe gasta breogo helende crist helpe bidde ðæt me forgefene gastes wunde an forðgesceaft feran mote ðy ðine wordcwidas weorðan gefelde ðæt ðu ne wilnast weora æniges deað ac ðu synfulle simle lærdes ðæt hio cerrende criste herdon and hiom lif mid ðe langsum begæton swilce ðu æt dome dryhten oferswiðdest ealra synna cynn saula neriend ic on unrihtum eac ðan in synnum geeacnod wæs ðu ðæt ana wast mæhtig dryhten hu me modor gebær in scame and in sceldum forgef me sceppend min ðæt ic fram ðæm synnum selfa gecerre ða ðe mine ældran ær geworhtan and ic selfa eac sioððan beeode ac ðu selua god soð an lufast ðy ic ðe mid benum biddan wille lifes and lisse liohtes aldor forðan ðu me uncuðe eac ðan derne ðinre snetera hord selfa ontendes ðu me meahtig god milde and bliðe ðurh ysopon ealne ahluttra ðonne ic geclænsod criste hero and eac ofer snawe self scinende ðinre sibbe lufan sona gemete ontyn nu elmehtig earna hleoðor ðæt min gehernes hehtful weorðe on gefean bliðse forðweard to ðe ðanne bioð on wenne waldend simle ða gebrocenan ban bilwit dominus ða ðe on hænðum ær hwile wæron ahwerf nu fram synnum saula neriend and fram misdedum minra gylta ðine ansione ælmeahtig god and ðurh miltsunga meahta ðinra ðu unriht min eall adilga æc ðu dryhten crist clæne hiortan in me mehtig god modswiðne geðanc to ðolienne ðinne willan and to healdenne halige domas and ðu rihtne gast rodera waldend in ferðe minum feste geniowa ne aweorp ðu me weoruda dryhten fram ansione ealra ðinra miltsa ne ðane godan fram me gast haligne aferre domine frea ælmeahtig ðinra arna me eal ne bescerwe sæle nu bliðse me bilewit dominus ðinre hælo heht helm alwihta and me lifgende liohtes hiorde gaste ðine god selfa getreme ðæt ic aldorlice a forð sioððan to ðinum willan weorðan mote simle ic ðine weogas wanhogan lærde ðæt hio arlease eft gecerdan to hiora selfra saula hiorde god selfa to ðe gastes mundberd ðurh sibbe lufan seocan scoldan befreo me an ferðe fæder mancynnes fram blodgete and bealaniðum god lifigende gylta geclansa helo and helpend hiofenrices weard ðanne tunge min triowfest blissað for ðines selfes soðfestnesse ontyn nu waldend god weoloras mine swa min muð sioððan mæhte ðine and lof georne liodum to bliðse soð sigedryhten secgende wæs ic ðe onsegednesse sona brohte weoruda dryhtne ðer ðu wolde swa ða ðu ðæt ne lufedest lifes bretta ðæt ic ðe bernelac brengan moste deadra neata dryhtne to willan ac ðe micle ma mehtig dryhten lifiende crist liicwerðe bið se gehnysta gast hiorte geclansod and geeadmeded ingeðancum ða ðu ælmæhtig æfre ne æwest gedoo nu fræmsume frofre ðine to ðinum godan gastes willan ðætte sione dun sigefest weorðe and weallas sion wynfæste getremed hierusolimæ god lifiende swa ðu frea meahtig anfehst siððan liofwende lac lioda ðinra hælend manna hio ðæt halige cealf on wigbed ðin willum asettað liohtes aldor forgef me lifigende meotod mancynnes mæhtig dominus ðæt ða sorhfullan saule wunde ða ðe ic on ælde uel on giogeðe in flæschaman gefræmed hæbbe leahtra hegeleasra mid lufan ðinre gastæ forgeofene glidan mote swæ ðingode ðiode aldor dauid to dryhtne deda gemyndig ðæt hine mæhtig god mannum to frofre ðæs cynedomes crist neriende waldende god weorðne munde forðon he gebette balaniða hord mid eaðmede ingeðance ða ðe he on ferðe gefræmed hæfde gastes wunde forgef us god mæahtig ðæt we synna hord simle oferwinnan and us geearnian æce dreamas an lifigendra landes wenne amen