The Paris Psalter: Psalm 87

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

þu eart me, drihten god,         dyre hælend;
ic on dæge to ðe         dygle cleopode,
and on niht fore þe         neode swylce.
Gange min ingebed         on þin gleawe gesihð;

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ahyld eare þin         and gehyr min gebed.
Forðon is sawl min         sares and yfeles
fæste gefylled;         is min feorh swylce
to helldore         hylded geneahhe.
Wenað þæs sume,         þæt ic on wraðne seað

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mid fyrenwyrhtum         feallan sceolde;
ic eom men gelic         mære geworden,
þe mid deadum bið         betweox deaðe freo.
Swa gewundade         wraðe slæpe
syn þonne geworpene         on widne hlæw,

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þær hiora gymynde         men ne wænan,
swa hi syn fram þinre handa         heane adrifene.
Hi me asetton         on seað hinder,
þær wæs deorc þeostru         and deaþes scua.
þær me wæs yrre þin         on acyþed,

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and þu me oferhige on         ealle gelæddest.
Feor ðu me dydest         freondas cuþe;
settan me symble,         þær me unswæsost wæs;
eam ic swære geseald,         þær ic ut swican ne mæg.
Eagan me syndon         unhale nu

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geworden for wædle;         ic me to wuldres gode
þuruh ealne dæg         elne clypige
and mine handa to þe         hebbe and ðenige.
Ne huru wundur         wyrceað deade,
oþþe hi listum         læceas weccean

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and hi andettan þe         ealle syþþan.
Ne on ðeostrum ne mæg         þances gehygdum
ænig wislicu         wundur oncnawan,
oððe þin soðfæstnes         si on þam lande
þe ofergytnes         on eardige.

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Cwist þu, oncnawað hi         wundru ðine
on ðam dimmum         deorcan ðystrum,
oððe ðine rihtwisnesse         recene gemeteð
on ofergyttolnesse         manna ænig?
Ic me to ðe,         ece drihten,

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mid modgehygde         mægene clypade,
and min gebed         morgena gehwylce
fore sylfne þe         soðfæst becume.
Forhwan ðu min gebed         æfre woldest,
soð god, wiðsacan,         oððe þinre gesihðe me

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on þissum ealdre         æfre wyrnan?
Wædla ic eom on gewinne,         worhte swa on geoguðe;
ahafen ic wæs and gehyned,         hwæðere næs gescended.
Oft me þines yrres         egsa geðeowde,
and me broga þin         bitere gedrefde.

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Hi me ealne dæg         utan ymbsealdan,
swa wæterflodas         wæron ætsomne.
þu me afyrdest         frynd þa nehstan
and mine cuðe eac         cwicu geyrmdest.