The Paris Psalter: Psalm 147

Sacred Texts Legends and Sagas WordGumbo: Old English Dictionaries [External Site] Index Previous Next The Paris Psalter: Psalm 147 Verse Indeterminate Saxon - Herige Hierusalem georne drihten, here þu, Sion, swylce þinne soðne god. Forþon he getrymede wið teonhete, þæt þu þine doru mihtest bedon fæste, - 5 - and gebletsade bearna æghwylc þe on innan þe ahwær wæren. He þine gemæru gemiclade, þu on utlandum ahtest sibbe, and þe gesadade mid þy selestan - 10 - hwætecynnes holde lynde. He his spræce hider spowendlice on þas eorðan ærest sendeð, and his word yrneð wundrum sniome. He snaw sendeð samed anlice - 15 - swa þu wulle flys wolcnum bringe, and þone toweorpeð wide swa æscean. He his cristallum cynnum sendeð swylc swa hlafgebrece of heofonwolcnum; for andwlitan celes þær ænig ne mæg - 20 - him standan stiðe mode. He his word sendeð þuruh windes gast; blaweð beorhtlice, burnan floweð and to wætere weorðeð sniome. He his word eac ær mid wisdome - 25 - godum Iacobe geara foresægde, and Israhele eac his domas. Ne dyde he ahwær swa eldran cynne, þæt he him his domas digle gecydde.