The Complete Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Poetry
The Paris Psalter: Psalm 56
Verse Indeterminate Saxon
Miltsa min, god, and me milde weorð,
forþon min sawel on þe swyðe getryweð,
and ic on fægerum scuan fiðera ðinra
gewicie, oðþæt gewite forð
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and unriht me eall beglide.
Heonan ic cleopige to heahgode
and to wealdendgode, ðe me wel dyde.
He þa of heofenum hider onsende
þe me alysde, laþum wiðferede,
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sealde on edwit þe me ær trædan.
Sende mihtig god his milde gehigd
and his soðfæst mod samod ætgædere,
and mine sawle sona alysde
of leon hwelpum reðe gemanan;
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wæs ic slæpende sare gedrefed.
Synd me manna bearn mihtigum toðum
wæpenstrælas, þa me wundedon;
wæron hyra tungan getale teonan gehwylcre
and to yfele gehwam ungemet scearpe.
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Ahefe þe ofer heofenas, halig drihten;
is wuldur ðin wide and side
ofer ðas eorþan ealle mære.
Fotum heo minum fæcne grine
grame gearwodon, and geornlice
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mine sawle swyðe onbigdon.
Hi deopne seað dulfon widne,
þær ic eagum on locade,
and hi on ðone ylcan eft gefeollan.
Gearo is min heorte þæt ic gode cweme;
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gearo is min heorte þæt ic gode swylce
sealmas singe, soðword sprece.
Aris, wuldur min, wynpsalterium,
and ic on ærmergene eac arise
and min hearpe herige drihten.
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Ic þe on folcum frine drihten
ecne andete, eac geond þeode
sealmas singe swiðe geneahhige.
Forðon þin mildheortnes is mycel wið
heofenas,
is ðin soðfæstnes swylce wið wolcnum.
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Ahafen þu eart ofer heofenas, halig drihten;
is ofer ealle eorðan swylce
þines wuldres wlite wide and side.
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