The Paris Psalter: Psalm 144

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

Ic me heahne god         hæbbe to kyninge,
and ic naman þinne         neode herige
on ecnesse         awa to worulde.
þuruh syndrige dagas         symble ic ðe bletsige,

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and naman þinne         neode herige
on ecnesse         awa to worulde.
Mycel is drihten,         hine man mægene sceal
holde mode         herian swiðe;
nis his micelmodes         mægenes ende.

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Cneorissa kynn         cwidum symble
þin weorc herigen         wordum georne,
and þine mihte eac         micle sæcgeon.
Mycel mod and strang         þines mægenðrymmes
and þine halignesse         holdes modes

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wise wordum sprecað,         weredum secggeað
eall þin wundur         wide mære.
And hi mægen swylce         mære and egeslic
þinra wundra         wislic sæcgen
and þine mægenstrengðu         mærsien wide.

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Gemune þines modes         þa miclan geniht,
þinre weðnesse         wise sæcgenum
roccette         and ræd sprece,
and þine soðfæstnesse         sæcge geneahhe.
Mildheort is drihten         and mannþwære

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and geþyldig eac,         þearle mildheort.
Swylce eallum is         ure drihten
manna cynne         milde and bliðe;
syndan his miltsa         ofer us mære weorc
eall yldum cuð         awa to feore.

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Andetten þe, drihten,         ealle þine weorc
and þe þine þa halgan         her bletsien.
And hi þine mihte         manna bearnum
cyþan mid cynnum         and mid cneorissum,
þines mægenþrymmes         mære wuldur

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riht and reðe         rices þines.
þæt þu cuð gedydest         ofer cneorisse,
þær synd manna bearn         manig ætsomne,
and þæt þin miht is         ofer middaneard
and þines rices         rædfæst wuldur.

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Rice is þin, drihten,         ræde gefæstnod,
and þu woruldricum         wealdest eallum;
is þin anweald eac         ofer eorðware
of cynne on cynn         and on cneorissum.
Drihten is on wordum         dædum getreowe

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and on eallum his weorcum         wis and halig.
Ahefeð halig god         þa ðe hreosað ær,
and he ealle areceð         earme gebrocene.
Eagan on þe         ealra, drihten,
wisra gewenað         wiste to genihte,

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and þu him mete sylest         mæla gehwylce
and þæs tidlice         tid gemearcast.
Onhlidest ðu þine handa         and hi hraðe fyllest,
ealra wihta gehwam         wis bletsunga.
Soðfæst is drihten         on his sylfes wegum

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eallum on eorðan,         and he æfter þan
on his weorcum is         wis and halig.
Neah is drihten         niþum eallum
þe hine mid soðe hige         seceað and ciegað
and his willan her         wyrceað georne

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and his ege swylce         elne ræfnað;
he heora bene         bealde gehyreð
and hi hrædlice gedeð         hale sona.
Ealle gehealdeð         halig drihten
þe lufan wið hine         lustum healdeð,

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and he synfulle         swylce todrifeð
geond widwegas         wearnum ealle.
Sceal lof drihtnes         on lust sprecan
min muð mannum         mæla gehwylce,
and flæsca gehwylc         þurh fæle word

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his þone haligan naman         her bletsian
on ecnesse         awa to feore.