The Paris Psalter: Psalm 120

Sacred Texts Legends and Sagas WordGumbo: Old English Dictionaries [External Site] Index Previous Next The Paris Psalter: Psalm 120 Verse Indeterminate Saxon - Hof ic mine eagan to þam hean beorge, þær ic fultum fand fælne æt þearfe. Is min fultum eac fæger æt drihtne, se ðe heofon worhte, hrusan swylce. - 5 - Ne sylle he þinne fot on feondes geweald, ne hycge to slæpe se ðe healdeð þe. Efne se on hygde huru ne slæpeð ne swefeð swyðe, se þe sceal healdan nu Israela folc utan wið feondum. - 10 - Gehealde þe halig drihten, and þin mundbora mihtig weorðe ofer þa swiðran hand symble æt þearfe. Ne þe sunne on dæge sol ne gebærne ne þe mona on niht min ne geweorðe, - 15 - ac þe gehealde halig drihten wyð yfela gehwam æghwær georne and ðine sawle swylce gehealde. Utgang þinne and ingang ece drihten, sawla soðcynincg, symble gehealde - 20 - of þisson forð awa to worulde.