The Complete Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Poetry
The Paris Psalter: Psalm 55
Verse Indeterminate Saxon
Miltsa me drihten, forðon me man tredeð,
and me ealne dæg mid unrihte
fynd onfeohtað þurh facensearu.
And me fæcne tredað feondas mine,
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doð þæt ealne dæg fram ærmergene.
Forðon monige synd ðe to me feohtað;
wene ic me wraðe to ðe, wuldres drihten.
Ic wealdend god wordum herige,
and on god swylce georne gelyfe,
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þæt minre spræce sped folgie
æghwæs ealne dæg; eac ic swylce
on god drihten gearewe gewene;
nis me ege mannes for ahwæðer.
Hwæt, me ealne dæg mine agen word
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sylfne socon, swyþe oncuðon,
and wiðer me wæran georne
on yfel heora geðeaht ealle onwende.
On eardiað, þa ðe swa þenceað
þæt heo gehyden hælun mine,
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swa min sawl bad þæt ðu swylce heo
for nahwæðer nowiht hæle;
on yrre þu folc eall geðreatast.
Ic nu leofum gode lif min secge,
sette on ðinre gesyhðe sarige tearas,
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swa ic ðe on gehate hæfde geneahhige.
þonne on hinderling hweorfað mine
feondas fæcne, ðonne ic me freoðu to
ðe
wordum wilnige; ic wat and can,
þæt þu min god gleawe wære.
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Ic on god min word georne herige,
and on god swylce georne gelyfe,
and ic ealne dæg ecne drihten
wordum weorðige; ne me wiht an siteð
egesan awiht æniges mannes.
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On me synd, mihtig god, þæt ic þe
min gehat
on herenesse hyldo gylde;
forþon ðu mine sawle of swyltdeaðes
laþum wiðlæddest, dydest lof stunde,
aweredest mine eagan wraðum tearum
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and mine fet fæle beweredest,
þæt ic gearewe gode licode
on lifigendra leohte eallum.
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