The Paris Psalter: Psalm 85

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

Ahyld me þin eare,         halig drihten;
forðon ic eom wædla,         þu me wel gehyr,
and ic sylfa eom         sorhfull þearfa.
Geheald mine sawle,         forðon ic halig eom;

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hæl þinne scealc,         forþon ic ðe hihte to.
Miltsa me drihten,         þonne ic mægene to ðe
þurh ealne dæg         elne cleopade;
do þines scealces         sawle bliðe,
forðon ic hi to ðe         hebbe genehhige.

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Forðon þu eart wynsum,         wealdend drihten;
is þin milde mod         mycel and genihtsum
eallum þam þe þe         elne cigeað.
þu mid earum onfoh,         ece drihten,
min agen gebed,         and eac beheald,

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hu ic stefne to ðe         stundum cleopige.
þonne me on dæge         deorc earfoðe
carelice cnyssedan,         þonne ic cleopode to ðe;
forþon þu me gehyrdest         holde mode.
Nis þe goda ænig         on gumrice

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ahwær efne gelic,         ece drihten,
ne ðe weorc magon         wyrcean anlic.
Ealle þu geworhtest         wera cneorissa,
þa þe weorðiað,         wuldres aldor,
and naman drihtnes         neode cigeað.

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Forðan ðu eart se mycla         mihtiga drihten,
þe wundor miht         wyrcean ana.
Gelæd, drihten, me         on þinne leofne weg,
and ic on þinum soðe         syþþan gancge.
Heorte min ahlyhheð,         þonne ic ðinne halgan naman

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forhtige me on ferhðe,         forð andette
mid ealre heortan hyge,         þæt þu eart, halig god,
nemned drihten,         and we naman þinne
on ecnesse         a weorðien.
Ys þin mildheortnes mycel         ofer me, drihten,

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and þu mine sawle         swylce alysdest
of helwarena         hinderþeostrum.
God min se leofa,         gramhydige me
mid unrihte         oft onginnað,
and gesamnincge         swiðmihtigra

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sohton mine sawle         swyþe geneahhe;
ne doð him for awiht         egsan drihtnes.
Hwæt, þu eart, min drihten god,         dædum mildheort,
þenden geðyldig,         þearle soðfæst.
Beseoh nu on me,         and me syþþan weorð

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milde on mode,         mihtig drihten;
geteoh hrore meaht         hysse þinum;
do þinre þeowan sunu,         drihten, halne.
Do gedefe mid me,         drihten, tacen,
and þæt god ongitan,         þa me georne ær

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fæste feodan,         habban forð sceame.
Forþon þu me wære fultum         fæste, drihten,
and me frefredest,         frea ælmihtig.