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The Paris Psalter: Psalm 73
Verse Indeterminate Saxon


For hwan þu us, ece god,      æfre woldest
æt ende fram þe      ahwær drifan?
Is þin yrre strang      and egesa mycel
ofer þin agen      eowde sceapa.

5

Gemun þin mannweorod,      þæt þu, mihtig god,
æt fruman ærest      fægere geworhtest.
þu þines yrfes      æþele gyrde
sylfa alysdest      and Sione byrig,
on þam ilcan þu      eard gename;

10

hefe þu þine handa      and hyn hiora oferhygd;
feala wyrgnessa      wraðe feondas
þinum þam halgum      hefige brohtan;
gylpað gramhydige,      þa þin geo ehtan
and on þinra wica      wuniað midle.

15

Settan hiora tacen,      soþe ne ongeaton,
swa hi on wege      wyrcean sceoldon
wundorbeacen,      swa hi on wudu dydan.
Hi mid æxum duru      elne curfan,
and mid twyecgum      teoledan georne

20

þæt hi mid adesan      ealle towurpan.
þa hi þæt þin fægere hus      fyre forbærndan
and on eorðstede      eac gewemdan,
þæt þinum naman gewearþ      niode cenned.
Cwædan on heortan:      "Wutan cuman ealle

25

and ure magas mid us;      wutun þyder gemot habban
and symbeldagas      swylce drihtnes
on eorðwege      ealle towurpan.
Ne we sweotul tacen      us geseoð ænig,
ne we on ænige wisan      witegan habbað,

30

þæt us andgytes ma      æfre secgen."
Wilt þu hu lange,      wealdend drihten,
edwit þolian      yfelum feondum
and naman þinne      nu bysmriað
þa wiþerweardan      wraþe wið ende?

35

For hwan awendest þu      wuldres ansyne
æfre fram us,      eac þa swyðran hand
of þinum sceate      sylfa wið ende?
Usser god kynincg,      geara þu worhtest,
ær woruld wære,      wise hælu

40

on þisse eorþan      efenmidre.
þu on þines mægenes      mihte spedum
sæ gesettest,      swylce gebræce
þæt dracan heafod      deope wætere.
þu þæs myclan dracan      mihtum forcome

45

and his þæt hearde      heafod gescændest,
sealdest Siglhearwum      syððan to mose.
þu sylfa eac      toslite wyllas
and hlynnende      hlude streamas
on æthane      ealle adrigdest.

50

þu dæg settest      and deorce niht,
swylce þu gesettest      sunnan and monan;
ealle þu geworhtest      eorðan gemæru,
sumor þu and lencten      swylce geworhtest.
Wes þu gemyndig      manna bearna,

55

þæra gesceafta      þe þu gesceope ðe;
fynd ætwitað      fæcne drihtne,
unwis folc ne wat      þinne wyrðne naman.
Ne syle þu unscyldigra      sawla deorum
þe þe andettað      earme þearfan;

60

þara þu on ealdre ne forgit,      ece drihten.
Geseoh þu nu sylfa, god,      soð is gecyðed,
nu þin gewitnes ys      wel gefylled,
hu deorce beoð      dagas on eorðan
þam þe unrihtes      æghwær wyrceað.

65

Ne byð se eadmoda      æfre gecyrred,
þeah þe wædla      and þearfa he wyle
naman þinne      neode herian.
Aris, drihten god,      dem þine nu
ealde intingan;      eac wes gemyndig,

70

hu þe unwise      edwita fela
þurh ealne dæg      oft aspræcon.
Ne forgit huru      godra manna
soðra stefna,      þa þe seceað þe;
fyll þa oferhydigan,      ða ðe feogeað þe,

75

and eft to þe      ealle stigað.




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