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The Paris Psalter: Psalm 76
Verse Indeterminate Saxon


Ic mid stefne ongann      styrman to drihtne,
and he me gehyrde      and beheold sona.
Ic on earfoðdæge      ecne drihten
sohte mid handum      swyþe geneahhe,

5

and ic on niht for him      neode eode;
næs ic on þam siðe      beswicen awiht.
And ic swiðe wiðsoc      sawle minre
fælre frofre;      þa ic fæste god
gemyndgade,      þær ic hæfde mæstne hiht.

10

Swyðe ic begangen wæs      and min sylfes gast
wæs hwonlice      ormod worden,
wæron eagan mine      eac mid wæcceum
werded swyþe;      ne spræc ic worda feala.
þa ic ealde dagas      eft geþohte,

15

hæfde me ece gear      ealle on mode.
Ic þa mid heortan ongann      hycggean nihtes;
wæs min gast on me      georne gebysgad.
þa ic sylfa cwæð:      "Ic to soðe wat,
nele þis ece god      æfre toweorpan

20

ne us witnian      for his weldædum,
oððe wiþ ende      æfre to worulde
his milde mod      mannum afyrran
on woruldlife      wera cneorissum.
Ne byð æfre god      ungemyndig,

25

þæt he miltsige      manna cynne,
oþþe on yrre      æfre wille
his milde mod      mannum dyrnan."
And ic selfa cwæð:      "Nu ic sona ongann
þas geunwendnes      wenan ærest

30

þara hean handa      haligan drihtnes,
weorca wræclicra      worda gemyndig,
þæt he æt fruman wundor      fæger geworhte."
þa ic metegian ongan      mænigra weorca,
hu ic me on eallum þam      eaðust geheolde;

35

on eallum þinum weorcum      ic wæs smeagende,
swylce ic on þinum gehylde      sylf begangen.
Ys weruda god      on wege halgum;
hwylc is mihtig god      butan ure se mæra god?
þu eart ana god,      þe æghwylc miht

40

wundor gewyrcean      on woruldlife.
Eft þu þine mihte      mænige cyðdest
folcum on foldan;      þu wiðferedes eac
Israhela bearn      of ægyptum.
Hwæt, þe, wuldres god,      wæter sceawedon

45

and þe gesawon      sealte yþa;
forhte wurdan      flodas gedrefde,
wæs sweg micel      sealtera wætera.
Sealdon weorðlice      wolcnas stefne
þurh þine stræle      strange foran;

50

wæs þunurradstefn      strang on hweole.
þonne ligette      lixan cwoman,
eall ymbhwyrft      eorðan onhrerdan.
Wærun wegas þine      on widne sæ
and þine stige      ofer strang wæter;

55

ne bið þær eþe þin spor      on to findanne.
Folc þin ðu feredest      swa fæle sceap
þurh Moyses      mihtige handa
and Aarones      ealle gesunde.



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