The Paris Psalter: Psalm 65

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

Ealle eorðbuend         ecne drihten
wordum wislicum         wide herian,
and his naman secgeað         neode mid sealmum
and him wuldres lof         wide syllað.

5

And gode secgeað,         hu his þa goodan weorc
syndon wundorlice         wide geond eorðan,
and eac on menigeo         mægenes þines
þine feondas þe         fæcne leogað.
Geweorðie         wuldres ealdor

10

eall ðeos eorþe,         ecne drihten;
and þe singe eac,         secge geneahhie,
þæt þin nama is         ofer eall niða bearn
se hehsta         hæleþa cynnes.
Cumað nu and geseoð,         hu cyme weorc

15

drihten worhte;         synt his domas eac
swiþe egeslice         ofer eall ylda bearn.
He mæg onwendan         wætera ðryðe,
þæt þas deopan sæ         drige weorðað,
and þa strangan mæg         streamas swylce

20

gefeterian,         þæt þu mid fote miht
on treddian         eorðan gelice.
His mægen wealdeð         ofer eall manna cyn
on ecnesse         awa to feore,
and he ofer ealle þeode         eagum wliteð;

25

þa hine on yrre         æghwær gebringað,
ne beoð þa on him sylfum         syððan ahafene.
Bletsigen þeoda         bliðe mode
ealle eorðbuend         ecne drihten
and mid stefne lof         strang asecgean.

30

He mine sawle         sette to life,
ne læteð mine fet         laðe hreran.
Ure costade god         clæne fyre
soðe dome,         swa man seolfor deð,
þonne man hit aseoðeð         swyðe mid fyre.

35

þu us on grame swylce         gryne gelæddest,
and us bealuwa fela         on bæce standeð;
settest us mænige eac         men ofer heafod.
We þuruh fyr farað         and þuruh floda þrym,
and ðu us on colnesse         clæne gelæddest.

40

Ic on þin hus         halig gange
and þær tidum þe         tifer onsecge;
þær ic min gehat         mid hyge gylde,
þæt mine weleras ær         wise gedældan.
þas ic mid muðe aspræc         mine æt þearfe,

45

þær me costunge         cnyssedan geneahhe,
þæt ic ðe on tifrum         teala forgulde
ealle þa gehat,         þe ic æfre her
mid minum welerum         wis todælde.
Gehyrað me         and her cumað;

50

ic eow mid soþe         secgean wylle,
gif ge godes egesan         georne habbað,
hu mycel he dyde         minre sawle.
þuruh his mihte ic         muðe cleopige
oþþe mine tungan         tidum blissade.

55

Gif ic me unrihtes oncneow         awiht on heortan,
ne wite me þæt,         wealdend drihten.
Forðon me gehyrde         hælend drihten,
and minre stefne beheold         strange bene.
Drihten si gebletsad,         þe he ne dyde æfre

60

nymðe he mine bene         bealde gehyrde,
ne his milde mod         me dyde fremde.