The Paris Psalter: Psalm 107

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

Ys min heorte gearu,         halig drihten,
gearu is min heorte,         þæt ic gode cweme,
sealmas singe         soþum drihtne.
Aris nu, wuldur min,         þæt ic wynlice

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on psalterio         þe singan mote,
and ic ðe on hleoðre         hearpan swylce
on ærmergen         eac gecweme.
Ic þe andette,         ece drihten,
on folca gehwam         fægrum wordum,

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and ic þe on ðeodum         on þanc mote
sealmas singan         swyþe geneahhe.
Is þin mildheort mod         mycel oð heofenas
ahafen healice         ofer hæleða bearn;
ys þin soðfæstnes         seted oþ wolcen.

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Ahafen þu eart ofer heofenas,         halig drihten;
is wuldur ðin         wide swylce
ofer þas eorðan         ealle mære,
and þine þa gecorenan wesan         clæne and alysde.
Do me þin swyðre hand         swylce halne

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and me gehyre,         hælynd drihten,
þe on halgum spreceð         her on eorðan:
"And ic blissige,         bu gedæle,
þa selegesceotu,         þa on Sycimam nu
and on Metibor         mære standað.

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Min is Galaad,         gearwe Mannases,
is Effrem his         agen broður
efne heah strengðu         heafdes mines.
Ic me to cyninge         cenne Iudas,
syndan me Moabitingas         magas swylce;

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ic Idumea         ealle cenne
and min gescy þyder         sendan þence;
syndan me fremde cynn         fæste underþeoded."
Hwylc gelædeð me         on lifes byrig
fæste getrymede,         þæt ic forð þanon

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on Idumea wese         eft gelæded?
Hwæt, þu eart se sylfa god,         þe us synnige iu
adrife fram dome;         ne do þu æfre swa,
þæt þu of urum mægene         mod acyrre.
Syle us on earfoðum         æþelne fultum;

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forþon hælu byð         her on eorðan
manna gehwylces         mægene idel.
Us sceal mægenes gemet         mihtig drihten
soðfæst syllan,         and he sona mæg
ure feond gedon         fracuþe to nawihte.