The Paris Psalter: Psalm 106

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

Ic andette         ecne drihten,
þæne goodan god,         forðan ic hine gleawne wat;
is his mildheortnes         mycel to worulde.
Secge þæt nu ða,         þæt hi sylfa god

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alysde, lifes weard,         laðum of handa,
and hi of sidfolcum         gesamnade.
Fram uppgange         æryst sunnan
oþþæt heo gewiteð         on westrodur
and fram sæ norðan         swycedan geond westen;

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ne meahton ceastre weg         cuðne mittan,
þe hi eardunge         on genaman.
Hæfde hi hungor and þurst         heard gewyrded,
þæt him frecne on         feorh aðolude.
And hi þa on þære costunge         cleopedan to dryhtne,

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and he hi of þam earfeðum         eallum alysde.
Hi þa gelædde         lifes ealdor,
þær hi on rihtne weg         ricene eodan,
oðþæt hi cuðlice         on becwoman
to hiora cestre         eardungstowe.

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Forðon hi mildheortnesse         mihtigan drihtnes
ealle andettað,         and eac sæcgeað
mycel wundur hys         manna bearnum.
Forðon he gesedeð         sawle idle,
and þa hungrian         her mid godum

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fæste gefylleð         to feore syþþan,
þa þe her on ðystrum         þrage sæton
and on deaðes scuan         deorcum lifdan,
gebundene         bealuwe feterum
on wædle wrace         and on iserne.

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Forðon hi dydan         drihtnes spræce
æghwæs ægype,         and his geðeaht swylce
þæs heahstan him         hæfdan on bysmer.
Hiora heorte wæs         hean on gewinnum
and untrume         ealle wæran,

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næfdan þa on foldan         fultum ænne.
Hi on costunge         cleopedan to drihtne,
and he hi of þam earfoðum         eallum alysde.
And he hi of þam þystrum         þanon alædde
and of deaðes scuan         deorcum generede

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and heora bendas towearp         bitre sneome.
Forðan hi mildheort mod         mihtigan drihtnes
ealle andettan,         and eac cweþan
mycel wundur his         ofer manna bearn.
Forðon he æren dor         eaðe gescæneð

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and iserne steng         ana gebigeð.
He hi of unrihtum         ealle swylce
þam wraðan wege         wis alædeð,
þær hi wæron on woo         ær wraðe besmitene.
Hi onhysctan         æghwylcne mete,

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mode mægen heora,         oð unmihte,
þæt hy wið deaða duru         drencyde wæran.
þa hi on costunge         cleopedan to drihtne,
and he hi of þam earfoþum         eallum alysde.
He him wisfæstlic         word onsende,

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þurh þæt hi hrædlice         hælde wæron
and of heora forwyrde         wurdan generede.
Forðon hi nu andettan         ecum drihtne,
þæt he milde wearð         manna cynne;
mycel ys his wundur         ofer manna bearn.

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Hi him sculon laces lof         lustum bringan,
and his weorc wynsum         wide sæcgean.
þa þe sæ seceað,         mid scipe liðað,
wyrceað weorc mænig         on wæterðryþum.
Hi drihtnes weorc         digul gesawon

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and his wundra wearn         on wætergrundum.
Gif he sylfa cwyð,         sona ætstandað
ystige gastas         ofer egewylmum,
beoð heora yþa         up astigene.
þa to heofenum up         heah astigað,

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nyþer gefeallað         under neowulne grund;
oft þa on yfele         eft aþindað.
Gedrefede þa         deope syndan,
hearde onhrerede         her anlicast,
hu druncen hwylc         gedwæs spyrige;

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ealle heora snytru beoð         yfele forglendred.
Hi on costunge         cleopedan to drihtne,
and he hi of earfeðum         eallum alysde.
He yste mæg         eaðe oncyrran,
þæt him windes hweoðu         weorðeð smylte,

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and þa yðe         eft swygiað,
bliþe weorðað,         þa þe brimu weþað.
And he hi on hælo         hyþe gelædde,
swa he hira willan         wyste fyrmest,
and he hig of earfoðum         eallum alysde.

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Hi andettan         ealle drihtne,
hu he milde wearð         manna cynne;
mære synd his wundur         ofer manna bearn.
Forðon hine on cyrcean         cristenes folces
hean ahebbað,         and him hælu and lof

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on sotelum soðfæstra         secgean to worulde.
He on westenne         wynne streamas
soðfæst sette,         þær he sarig folc
geðewde þurste         þa blissade.
He ða weaxendan         wende eorðan

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on sealtne mersc         for synndædum
þara eardendra,         þe hire on lifdan.
Westen he geworhte         on widne mere,
and swylce eorðan         eac butan wætre
on utgange         æþelast burnan.

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þær he hungrium         ham staðelude,
and þær gesetton         swylce ceastre,
þær hi eard namon         awa syþþan.
Hi wingeardas         wyrcean ongunnon,
sæde seowan,         syþþan growan

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lungre land heora         aloden wæstmum.
þa he bletsade,         and hi brade þa
weoxan weorðlice,         wide greowan;
næs heora neata         nan geyfelad.
Oft hi fea wurdan         feondum geswencte

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fram þære costunge         þe him becwom æfter,
sares and yfeles,         þe hi syþþan begeat.
Syððan hi forhogedan         halige lare;
hiora ealdormen         ealle wæron
sare beswicene,         swicedan oftust

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and on wegas werige         wendan hwilum of.
þær he þearfendra         þa miltsude,
and hi of wædle         wean alysde,
sette heora staðol         sceapum anlice.
Syþþan þæt soðfæste geseoð,         sniome æfter

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bliðe weorðað,         beot geþenceað,
þæt unrihta gehwylc         eft oncyrreð
and his sylfes muð         symble hemneð.
Hwylc is wisra nu         wel snotera,
þe þas mid gehygde         healdan cunne,

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and milde mod         mihtigan drihtnes
full gleawlice         ongite syþþan?