The Paris Psalter: Psalm 68

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

Do me halne, god,         forþon hreoh wæter
to minum feore inn         floweð and gangeð;
eom ic on lame oflegd,         hafað lytle sped.
Com ic on sæs hricg,         þær me sealt wæter

5

hreoh and hopig         holme besencte.
þær ic werigmod         wann and cleopode,
þæt me grame syndan         goman hase;
byð me æt þam earon         eagon wiðgangen;
hwæðere ic on god minne         gearewe gewene.

10

Hiora is mycle ma         þonne ic me hæbbe
on heafde nu         hæra feaxes,
þe me earwunga         ealle feogeað.
Ofer me syndon         þa þe me ehton,
fæstum folmum         forð gestrangad

15

feondas mine,         and ic forð agef
unrihtlice         þa þe ic ne reafude ær.
þu wast, wuldres god,         þæt ic eom unwis hyges,
ne wæren þe bemiðene         mine scylde.
Ne sceolon æt me         ænige habban

20

sceame sceandlice         þe þines siðes her
ful bealdlice         bidað, drihten.
þu eart mægena god;         ne sceal æt me
ænige unare         ahwær findan,
þe ðe Israela god         ahwær seceað.

25

Forþon ic edwit for þe         oft aræfnade
and me hleorsceame         hearde becwoman,
and ic framþe wearð         fæderenbroðrum,
wæs unmæge gyst         modorcildum.
Forþon me þines huses         heard ellenwod

30

æt ormæte         and me eac fela
þinra edwita         on gefeollon.
þonne ic minum feore         fæsten gesette,
eall hi me þæt on edwit         eft oncyrdan.
Gif ic mine gewæda         on witehrægl

35

cyme cyrde,         cwædan hi syþþan,
þæt ic him wæfersyn         wære eallum.
Me wiðerwearde         wæron ealle,
þa him sæton         sundor on portum;
spræcon me wraðe,         þa þe win druncon.

40

Ic þonne min gebed         to þe, mihtig drihten,
tidum sende         teala liciendlic,
and þu me þonne on mænigeo         miltsa þinra
gehyre me hlutre         hælu þine.
Alys me of lame,         þe læs ic weorþe lange fæst,

45

and me feondum afyrr,         frea ælmihtig;
ado me of deope         deorces wæteres,
þe læs me besencen         sealte flodas.
Ne me huru forswelge         sægrundes deop
ne me se seað         supe mid muðe.

50

Gehyr, drihten, me,         forþon gedefe is
þin milde mod         mannum fremsum,
and for mænigeo         miltsa þinra
geseoh on me         swylce, drihten.
Ne acyr þu æfre fram þinum cnihte         þin clæne gesyhð,

55

forþan me feondas to         feohtað geneahhe;
gehyr me hrædlice         and me help freme.
Beheald mine sawle         and hi hrædlice
alys and wiðfere         laþum feondum.
        arscame;

60

for þinre ansyne         ealle syndon
þe feondas me         fæcne wurdon.
Min heorte gebad         hearmedwit feala
and yrmðu mænig         eac aræfnede;
næfde eorla þæs         ænig sorge;

65

frefrend ic sohte,         findan ic ne mihte.
Hi minne mete         mengdan wið geallan
and þa gedrugadne         drenctan mid ecede.
Wese heora beod fore him         wended on grine
and on edlean yfel         and on æwisce.

70

Syn hiora eagan         eac adimmad,
þæt hi geseon ne magon         syþþan awiht;
weorðe heora bæc swylce         abeged eac.
Ageot ofer hi         þin þæt grame yrre,
and æbylignes eac         yrres þines

75

hi forgripe         gramhicgende.
Wese wic heora         weste and idel;
ne on heora eðele ne sy         þinc oneardiendes.
Forþon hi ealra         ehtan ongunnon,
ðe þu him earfoðu         ænig geafe,

80

and me wean ecton         minra wunda sar.
Asete him þa unriht to         þe hi geearnedan,
and mid unrihte         ær geworhton,
and hi on þin soðfæst weorc         syþþan ne gangan.
Syn hi adilgad         of gedefra eac

85

þæra lifigendra         leofra bocum;
ne wesen hi mid soðfæstum         syþþan awritene.
Ic me sylfa eam         sarig þearfa,
and me andwlita onfeng         ecean drihtnes,
se me holdlice         hælde sona.

90

Nu ic naman drihtnes         neode herige
and hine mid lofsange         læde swylce.
Ic þam leofan gode         licie swyþor
þonne æðele cealf,         þeah þe him upp aga
horn on heafde         oððe hearde cleo.

95

Geseoð þæt and gefeoð,         sarie þearfan,
seceað drihten         and eower sawl leofað.
Forþam þa þearfendan         þriste drihten
gehyreð holdlice;         nyle he gehæfte eac
on heora neode         na forhycgan.

100

Herige hine swylce         heofen and eorðe,
side sæflodas         and þa him syndon on.
Forþon Sione god         symble hæleð;
beoð mænige byrig         mid Iudeum
eft getimbrade,         þær hi eard nimað.

105

þær hi yrfestol         eft gesittað
and hiora eþel begytað         esnas drihtenes,
and his naman         neode lufiað,
þær eardiað         awa to feore.