The Paris Psalter: Psalm 119

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

Ic me to drihtne         deorum cleopode,
þonne me costunga         cnysdon geneahhe,
and he me gehyrde         holde mode.
Alys mine sawle,         lifes drihten,

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of þam welerum         þe wom cweðen,
and from þære tungan         þe teosu wylle.
Hwæt bið þe ealles seald         oþþe eced swa
from þære inwitfullan         yflan tungan?
Strele beoð scearpe,         strange and mihtige,

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syððan of gledon wesað         gearwe ahyrde.
Wa me þære wyrde,         þæt min wynn alæg
and min bigengea gewat         bryce on feorweg;
sceal ic eard niman,         swa me eðe nis,
mid Cedaringum;         nis min cyð þær,

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þe mine sawle         swiðe beeode.
Mid þam þe hi sibbe         swyþost feodan,
ic sibbe mid him         soðe hæfde;
þonne ic him spedlice to         spræce and hi lærde,
ðonne me earwunga         ealle onfuhtan.