The Paris Psalter: Psalm 53

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

On þinum þam haligan naman,         gedo me halne, god;
alys me fram laðum         þurh þin leofe mægen.
God, min gebed         gearuwe gehyre,
and earum onfoh         min agen word.

5

Forþam me fremde oft         facne gestodon,
sohtan mine sawle         swiðe strange,
and na heom god setton         gleawne on gesyhðe.
Efne me þonne god         gleawe fultumeð,
is andfengea         ece drihten

10

sawle minre;         he me swican ne wile.
Afyr me fæcne yfel         feonda minra,
and hi soðfæst toweorp         syððan wide.
Ic ðe lustum         lace cweme,
and naman þinne         niode swylce

15

geara andette,         forðon ic hine goodne wat.
Forþon þu me alysdest,         lifes ealdor,
of earfoðum         eallum symble,
ealle mine fynd         eagum ofersawe.