The Paris Psalter: Psalm 105

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

Ic andette         ecum drihtne,
georne ðam gleawan,         forðan ic hine godne wat;
forþon he his mildheortnysse         mannum cyðde,
on ðysse worulde         wis gestandeð.

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Hwylc mæg æfre         mihta drihtnes
asprecan and aspyrian,         oððe spedlice
eall his lofmægen         leode gehyran
and his gehyrnesse         her oncnawan?
Eadige beoð æghwær,         þa ðe a wyllað

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soðe domas         sylfe efnan,
on ealle tid         æghwæs healdan
heora soðfæstnysse         symble mid dædum.
Gemune us, drihten,         on modsefan
forð hycgende         folces þines,

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and us mid hælo         her geneosa.
And us tidlice         teala sceawige,
ceose mid gecorenum,         þenden we cwice lifgen,
þæt we mid þinre ðeode         þær blissian
and þæt yrfe þin         æghwær herige.

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We gefyrnedan         mid urum fæderum ær,
and we unsoðfæste         ealle wæron
and unrihtes         æghwær worhtan.
Fæderas ure         fæste ne oncneowan
ealle þa wundor         þe ðu on Egyptum

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worhtest wræclice,         wundor unlytel;
næron hi gemyndige         miltsa þinra,
þa ðu him on ðære mægðe         manige cyðdest.
Hi bysmredan,         þa hi on brad wæter
on þone readan sæ         randas bæron,

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þær ðu hi alysdest,         lifes ealdor,
and hi generedest         on naman þinum,
þa ðu þine miht         mycle cyðdest.
þær ðu readne sæ         ricene geðywdest,
and þær wæron         þa wareðas drige,

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and hi betweonum wætera         weallas læddest,
swa hi on westenne         wæron on drigum.
Swa hi alysde         lifes ealdor
of heora feonda         fæcnum handum,
and of feogendra         folmum swylce,

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and heora feondas         flod adrencte,
þæt þæra æfre ne com         an spellboda.
Syððan hi his wordon         wel gelyfdan
and him lofsangum         lustum cwemdan,
and þæs eft hraðe         ealle forgeaton,

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weorca wræclicra;         na hi wel syþþan
his geæhtunge         ahwær heoldan.
Hi on westenne         wraðe ongunnan
gitsunge began         and gramlice
heora godes þær         geare costedan.

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He him been sniome         brohte and sealde,
sende on heora muþas         mete to genihte.
Ongunnon hi on þam wicum         wraðe swylce
mærne Moyses         ma bysmrian
and Aaron mid         eac þone halgan.

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þa eorðe togaan         and eall forswealh
on deope forwyrd         Dathanes weorod
and Abirones         eall ætgædere.
þær fyr abarn         frecne swylce
on heora gemetinge,         and þær maansceaðan

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þa synfullan         sniome forbærnde.
Hi on Choreb swylce         cealf ongunnan
him to godgylde         georne wyrcean,
onwendan heora wuldor         on þæne wyrsan had
hæðenstyrces         hig etendes.

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Godes hi forgeaton,         þe hi of gramra ær
feonda folmum         frecne generede,
þe on Egyptum         æðele wundur
and on Chananea         cymu worhte
and recene wundur         on þam readan sæ.

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þa hi wolde toweorpan         wuldres aldor,
þær heora Moyses         mægene ne hulpe;
he þæt folc forstod         feonda mægene;
forðon he him his yrre         of acyrde,
þæt he hi ne towurpe         geond werþeoda.

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Ne hi for awyht         eorþan cyste
þa selestan         geseon woldan,
ne his wordum eac         woldan gelyfan;
ac hi granedan         and grame spræcan,
noldan his wordum         wel gehyran.

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He his handa ahof         and hi hraðe wolde
on þam westenne         wide todrifan
and heora swæs cynn         sendan on wid land.
Hi Belphegor         bædon are,
æton deadra lac,         swa hit gedefe ne wæs.

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And hi bysmredon         bealde drihten
on heora gemetincge         mægene ealle,
and þær healicne         on hryre gefremedan.
Hi þæs feondætes         Finees awerede,
þa he on þam folce         feondgyld gebræc;

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he þæs hæl gehleat         and helpe fand
of cynna gehwam         and on cneorisse.
Eac hi gefremedan         oðer bysmer,
þær hi wiðercwyde         wæteres hæfdon;
þær Moyses wearð         mægene gebysgad

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for heora yfelum,         swa he oftor wæs,
on his gaste gram;         ne mihte him godes willan
mid his welerum         wisne getæcean.
Noldan hi toworpan         wraðe þeode,
swa him drihten ær         dema sægde,

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ac hi wið manfullum         mengdan þeode
and leornedan         lað weorc gode
and sceuccgyldum         swyþe guldan;
him þæt eall gewearð         to æswyce.
Ongunnan heora bearn         blotan feondum,

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sceuccum onsæcgean         suna and dohter;
agutan blod swylce         bearna feala,
þa unscyldige         ealle wærun,
syðþan hi gecuran         Chananea god.
þanon eorþe wearð         eall mid blode

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mane gemenged,         misdædum fah.
Eall hi forheoldan         heahweorc godes;
forðan him yrre wearð         ece drihten
and he his yrfe         eall forhogode.
He hi on handgeweald         hæðenum sealde

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and heora weoldan,         þa him wyrrest ær
on feondscipe         fæste gestodon.
Heora costedan         cuþe feondas
and under handum         hynþe þoledan;
hi alysde oft         lifes ealdor.

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Hi hine on geþeahte         oft abylgdan;
wæron on unrihtum         oft gehynde.
Swa he furðum oncneow,         þæt heora fynd ehtan,
he heora bene         bealde gehyrde.
þonne he his wordgebeot         well gemunde;

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hreaw hine sona,         þonne hi hynþa drugan,
æfter his miltsa         menigu godes.
Syððan he him sealde         sona miltse,
þær hi on gesawon         ealle ætgædere,
þe ehtend him         ær gestodan.

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Do us hale nu,         halig drihten,
and us, se goda god,         georne gesamna
of widwegum,         þær we wean dreogað,
þæt we þinne naman         nede motan
þone halgestan         her andettan

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and we on lofe þinum         lungre weorðan
ofer werðeode         wuldre geherede.
Wese Israhela god         aa gebletsad
on worulda woruld,         wealdend drihten,
and þæt fægere becweðe         folca æghwylc;

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wese swa, wese swa         þurh eall wide ferhð.