The Paris Psalter: Psalm 120
Verse Indeterminate Saxon
Hof ic mine eagan to þam hean beorge,
þær ic fultum fand fælne æt
þearfe.
Is min fultum eac fæger æt drihtne,
se ðe heofon worhte, hrusan swylce.
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Ne sylle he þinne fot on feondes geweald,
ne hycge to slæpe se ðe healdeð þe.
Efne se on hygde huru ne slæpeð
ne swefeð swyðe, se þe sceal healdan
nu
Israela folc utan wið feondum.
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Gehealde þe halig drihten,
and þin mundbora mihtig weorðe
ofer þa swiðran hand symble æt þearfe.
Ne þe sunne on dæge sol ne gebærne
ne þe mona on niht min ne geweorðe,
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ac þe gehealde halig drihten
wyð yfela gehwam æghwær georne
and ðine sawle swylce gehealde.
Utgang þinne and ingang ece drihten,
sawla soðcynincg, symble gehealde
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of þisson forð awa to worulde.
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