The Paris Psalter: Psalm 56

Sacred Texts Legends and Sagas WordGumbo: Old English Dictionaries [External Site] Index Previous Next The Paris Psalter: Psalm 56 Verse Indeterminate Saxon - Miltsa min, god, and me milde weorð, forþon min sawel on þe swyðe getryweð, and ic on fægerum scuan fiðera ðinra gewicie, oðþæt gewite forð - 5 - and unriht me eall beglide. Heonan ic cleopige to heahgode and to wealdendgode, ðe me wel dyde. He þa of heofenum hider onsende þe me alysde, laþum wiðferede, - 10 - sealde on edwit þe me ær trædan. Sende mihtig god his milde gehigd and his soðfæst mod samod ætgædere, and mine sawle sona alysde of leon hwelpum reðe gemanan; - 15 - wæs ic slæpende sare gedrefed. Synd me manna bearn mihtigum toðum wæpenstrælas, þa me wundedon; wæron hyra tungan getale teonan gehwylcre and to yfele gehwam ungemet scearpe. - 20 - Ahefe þe ofer heofenas, halig drihten; is wuldur ðin wide and side ofer ðas eorþan ealle mære. Fotum heo minum fæcne grine grame gearwodon, and geornlice - 25 - mine sawle swyðe onbigdon. Hi deopne seað dulfon widne, þær ic eagum on locade, and hi on ðone ylcan eft gefeollan. Gearo is min heorte þæt ic gode cweme; - 30 - gearo is min heorte þæt ic gode swylce sealmas singe, soðword sprece. Aris, wuldur min, wynpsalterium, and ic on ærmergene eac arise and min hearpe herige drihten. - 35 - Ic þe on folcum frine drihten ecne andete, eac geond þeode sealmas singe swiðe geneahhige. Forðon þin mildheortnes is mycel wið heofenas, is ðin soðfæstnes swylce wið wolcnum. - 40 - Ahafen þu eart ofer heofenas, halig drihten; is ofer ealle eorðan swylce þines wuldres wlite wide and side.