The Paris Psalter: Psalm 94

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

Cumað nu togædere,         wutun cweman gode,
wynnum drihten         wealdend herigean,
urum hælende         hyldo gebeodan.
Wutun his ansyne         ærest secean,

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þæt we andettan         ure fyrene
and we sealmas him         singan mid wynne.
Forðon is se micla god         mihtig drihten
and se micla cynincg         ofer eall manna godu.
Forðon ne wiðdrifeð         drihten usser

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his agen folc         æfre æt þearfe;
he þas heahbeorgas         healdeð swylce.
Eac he sæs wealdeð         and he sette þone;
worhte his folme eac         foldan drige.
Cumað him fore         and cneow bigeað

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on ansyne         ures drihtnes,
and him wepan fore         ðe us worhte ær.
Forðon he is drihten god,         dema usser;
wærun we his fæle folc         and his fægere sceap,
þa he on his edisce         ær afedde.

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Gif ge to dæge         drihtnes stefne
holde gehyran,         næfre ge heortan geþanc
deorce forhyrden         drihtnes willan.
Swa on grimnesse         fyrn geara dydan
on þam wraðan dæge         and on westenne,

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þær min ðurh facen         fæderas eowre
þisse cneorisse         cunnedan georne,
þær hi cunnedan,         cuð ongeaton
and min sylfes weorc         gesawon mid eagum.
Nu ic feowertig         folce þyssum

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wintra rimes         wunade neah,
aa and symble cwæð         and eac swa oncneow,
þæt hi on heortan         hyge dysegedan.
Hi wegas mine         wihte ne oncneowan,
þæt ic ær on yrre         aðe benemde,

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gif hi on mine reste         ricene eodon.