The Complete Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Poetry
The Paris Psalter: Psalm 117
Verse Indeterminate Saxon
Ic andette ecum dryhtne
þam godan gode; ic hine gleawne wat;
ys his mildheortnys mycel to worulde.
þæt Israela cwæðan ealle nu ða,
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þe he is se goda god, and gearu standeð
his mildheortnys mære to worulde.
Cweðe Aarones hus eac þæt sylfe;
he ys se goda god, and gearu standeð
his mildheortnys mære to worulde.
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Cweðan ealle þæt unforcuðe,
þe him on standeð egsa dryhtnes;
forðon he ys se goda god, and gearu standeð
his mildheortnys mære on worulde.
Ic on costunge cigde to dryhtne,
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and he me gehyrde on heare brædu.
Nu me fultum is fæle dryhten,
nis me ege mannes for ahwæðer.
Nu me fultum ys fæle dryhten,
ic fracuþe forseo feondas mine.
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God ys on dryhten georne to þenceanne,
þonne on mannan wese mod to treowianne.
God ys on dryhten georne to hyhtanne,
þonne on ealdormen ahwær to treowianne.
Ealle me ymbsealdon side þeode,
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and ic wæs on dryhtnes naman deorum gehæled.
Me ymbstodan strange manige,
and me godes nama on him
georne gehælde.
þa hi me ymbsealdon samod anlice
swa beon bitere, oððe þu bærne
eac
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þornas þyre þicce fyre,
þær me nama dryhtnes neode scylde.
Ic wæs hearde cnyssed and ic me helpe fand,
þæt ic fæste ne feoll, ac ic me frofre
begeat,
þa me dryhten onfeng, swa hit gedefe wæs.
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Me wæs strengðu strang stiþ on dryhtne
and herenes heah, and he me eac
ys a to worulde worden on hælu.
A byð blisse stefn beorht gehyred
on soðfæstra swæsum muðe.
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Dyde gedefe mægen dryhtnes swyðre,
and me seo swyðre swylce drihtnes
ahof hrædlice æt heahþearfe.
Ne swelte ic mid sare, ac ic gesund lifige
and weorc godes wide secge.
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Se clænsude, se þe him clæne wæs;
dryhten ælmihtig nolde to deaðe me
on ecnysse æfre gesyllan.
Undoð me sniome duru soðfæstra eac,
þær ic gange inn, gode andette;
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soðfæste on þa duru seceað inngang.
Ic þe andette, ece dryhten,
forðon þu me gehyrdest æt heahþearfe
and me þa gewurde wis on hælu.
þone sylfan stan þe hine swyðe ær
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wyrhtan awurpan, nu se geworden is
hwommona heagost; halig dryhten
to wealles wraðe wis teofrade;
þæt is urum eagum eall wundorlic.
þis ys se dæg þe hine drihten us
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wisfæst geworhte wera cneorissum,
eallum eorðtudrum eadgum to blisse.
Eala þu dryhten god, do me halne;
eala þu dryhten min, do us gesunde.
Gebletsad is, se þe com ofer bearna gehwylc
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on dryhtnes naman dædum mærum;
we eow æt godes huse gearwe bletsiað,
nu us drihten god deore onlyhte.
Wutan us to symbeldæge settan
georne,
and ðone gelome lustum healdan
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oð wigbedes wræste hornas.
þu eart min dryhten god, and ic dædum þe
ecne andette;
þu eart min hælend god, and ic herige ðe.
Ic ðe andette ecne dryhten,
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forðon þu me gehyrdest æt heahþearfe,
and þa wurde me wis to hælu.
Eac ic andette eceum dryhtne,
forðon he ys se goda god, and ic ful geare wat,
þæt þin mildheortnyss ys mycel to
worulde.
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