The Paris Psalter: Psalm 76

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

Ic mid stefne ongann         styrman to drihtne,
and he me gehyrde         and beheold sona.
Ic on earfoðdæge         ecne drihten
sohte mid handum         swyþe geneahhe,

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and ic on niht for him         neode eode;
næs ic on þam siðe         beswicen awiht.
And ic swiðe wiðsoc         sawle minre
fælre frofre;         þa ic fæste god
gemyndgade,         þær ic hæfde mæstne hiht.

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Swyðe ic begangen wæs         and min sylfes gast
wæs hwonlice         ormod worden,
wæron eagan mine         eac mid wæcceum
werded swyþe;         ne spræc ic worda feala.
þa ic ealde dagas         eft geþohte,

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hæfde me ece gear         ealle on mode.
Ic þa mid heortan ongann         hycggean nihtes;
wæs min gast on me         georne gebysgad.
þa ic sylfa cwæð:         "Ic to soðe wat,
nele þis ece god         æfre toweorpan

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ne us witnian         for his weldædum,
oððe wiþ ende         æfre to worulde
his milde mod         mannum afyrran
on woruldlife         wera cneorissum.
Ne byð æfre god         ungemyndig,

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þæt he miltsige         manna cynne,
oþþe on yrre         æfre wille
his milde mod         mannum dyrnan."
And ic selfa cwæð:         "Nu ic sona ongann
þas geunwendnes         wenan ærest

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þara hean handa         haligan drihtnes,
weorca wræclicra         worda gemyndig,
þæt he æt fruman wundor         fæger geworhte."
þa ic metegian ongan         mænigra weorca,
hu ic me on eallum þam         eaðust geheolde;

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on eallum þinum weorcum         ic wæs smeagende,
swylce ic on þinum gehylde         sylf begangen.
Ys weruda god         on wege halgum;
hwylc is mihtig god         butan ure se mæra god?
þu eart ana god,         þe æghwylc miht

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wundor gewyrcean         on woruldlife.
Eft þu þine mihte         mænige cyðdest
folcum on foldan;         þu wiðferedes eac
Israhela bearn         of ægyptum.
Hwæt, þe, wuldres god,         wæter sceawedon

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and þe gesawon         sealte yþa;
forhte wurdan         flodas gedrefde,
wæs sweg micel         sealtera wætera.
Sealdon weorðlice         wolcnas stefne
þurh þine stræle         strange foran;

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wæs þunurradstefn         strang on hweole.
þonne ligette         lixan cwoman,
eall ymbhwyrft         eorðan onhrerdan.
Wærun wegas þine         on widne sæ
and þine stige         ofer strang wæter;

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ne bið þær eþe þin spor         on to findanne.
Folc þin ðu feredest         swa fæle sceap
þurh Moyses         mihtige handa
and Aarones         ealle gesunde.