The Paris Psalter: Psalm 114

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

Ic lufie þe,         leofa drihten,
forþan þu mines gebedes         bene gehyrdest.
And þu þin eare to me         eadmodlice
hold ahyldest         and gehyrdest me,
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þa ic þe on dagum minum         dyrne cigde.
þar me ymbsealde         swylde deaðes,
and me frecne ætfeah         fyrhtu helle.
Me costung and sar         cnyssedan geneahhe,
þonne ic naman drihtnes         nyde cigde.
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Eala þu leofa god,         alys mine nu
sawle on gesyntum;         ic to soþan wat,
þæt þu wære mildheort,         mihtig dryhten,
and ure god         æghwæs soðfæst;
mihta us þine         milde weorðan.
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Drihten gehealdeð         dome þa lytlan;
ic hean gewearð,         he me hraðe lysde.
Gecyr mine sawle         clæne on þine
rædæs reste,         rice drihten;
þu me wel dydest         on woruldlife.
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Forþon þu mine sawle         sylfa generedyst,
and hig of deopum         deaþe gelæddest;
eagan mine wið tearum         æghwær geheolde
and fet mine         wið færslide;
ic gelicie         leofum drihtne
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on lifigendra         lande nu ða.