The Paris Psalter: Psalm 56

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

Miltsa min, god,         and me milde weorð,
forþon min sawel on þe         swyðe getryweð,
and ic on fægerum scuan         fiðera ðinra
gewicie,         oðþæt gewite forð

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and unriht me         eall beglide.
Heonan ic cleopige         to heahgode
and to wealdendgode,         ðe me wel dyde.
He þa of heofenum         hider onsende
þe me alysde,         laþum wiðferede,

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sealde on edwit         þe me ær trædan.
Sende mihtig god         his milde gehigd
and his soðfæst mod         samod ætgædere,
and mine sawle         sona alysde
of leon hwelpum         reðe gemanan;

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wæs ic slæpende         sare gedrefed.
Synd me manna bearn         mihtigum toðum
wæpenstrælas,         þa me wundedon;
wæron hyra tungan getale         teonan gehwylcre
and to yfele gehwam         ungemet scearpe.

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Ahefe þe ofer heofenas,         halig drihten;
is wuldur ðin         wide and side
ofer ðas eorþan         ealle mære.
Fotum heo minum         fæcne grine
grame gearwodon,         and geornlice

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mine sawle         swyðe onbigdon.
Hi deopne seað         dulfon widne,
þær ic eagum         on locade,
and hi on ðone ylcan         eft gefeollan.
Gearo is min heorte         þæt ic gode cweme;

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gearo is min heorte         þæt ic gode swylce
sealmas singe,         soðword sprece.
Aris, wuldur min,         wynpsalterium,
and ic on ærmergene         eac arise
and min hearpe         herige drihten.

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Ic þe on folcum         frine drihten
ecne andete,         eac geond þeode
sealmas singe         swiðe geneahhige.
Forðon þin mildheortnes         is mycel wið heofenas,
is ðin soðfæstnes         swylce wið wolcnum.

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Ahafen þu eart ofer heofenas,         halig drihten;
is ofer ealle         eorðan swylce
þines wuldres wlite         wide and side.