The Complete Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Poetry
The Paris Psalter: Psalm 59
Verse Indeterminate Saxon
þu us todrife, drihten user,
and us towurpe geond werþeoda,
yrre us wurde and eft milde.
Eorðan ðu onhrerdest, ealle
gedrefdest;
5
hæl hyre wunde, nu heo ahrered
is.
Feala ðu ætywdest folce
ðinum
heardra wisan and hi hraþe æfter
mid wynsume wine drenctest.
þu becnuncge beorhte sealdest
10
þam þe ege ðinne elne healdað,
þæt hi him gebeorgen bogan and stræle
and wæron alysede leofe þine.
Do me þin seo swyðre hand
symle halne;
gehyr me, halig god. Hwæt, ðu holdlice
15
on ðinre halignesse her aspræce:
"And ic blissie, ba gedæle
Sicimam et Conuallem, ða samod wæron
on Metiboris mihtum spedige.
Min is Galaad, gleaw Mannases
20
and Effrem ys æðele strengþu
heafdes mines her on foldan.
Cyninc ys me Iuda cuð;
is me Moab mines hyhtes hwer,
and ic aðenige eac on Idumea,
25
min gescy sende, and me syððan gedo
Allophilas ealle gewylde."
Hwylc gelædeð me leofran on ceastre
weallum beworhte? Hwa wyle swylce me
in Idumea eac gelædan?
30
Ac ne eart þu se sylfa god, ðe us swa drife?
Ne ga ðu us on mægene, mihtig drihten.
Syle us nu on earfoðum æðelne fultum,
forðon hælu byð her on eorðan
manna gehwylces mægene idel.
35
Us sceal mægenes gemet mihtig drihten
soðfæst syllan, and he sona mæg
ure fynd gedon fracoþe to nahte.
<< Previous Page Next
Page >>
© 2004-2007 Northvegr.
Most of the material on this site is in the public domain. However, many people have worked very hard to bring these texts to you so if you do use the work, we would appreciate it if you could give credit to both the Northvegr site and to the individuals who worked to bring you these texts. A small number of texts are copyrighted and cannot be used without the author's permission. Any text that is copyrighted will have a clear notation of such on the main index page for that text. Inquiries
can be sent to info@northvegr.org.
Northvegr™ and the Northvegr symbol are trademarks and service marks
of the Northvegr Foundation.
|