The Paris Psalter: Psalm 76

Sacred Texts Legends and Sagas WordGumbo: Old English Dictionaries [External Site] Index Previous Next The Paris Psalter: Psalm 76 Verse Indeterminate Saxon - Ic mid stefne ongann styrman to drihtne, and he me gehyrde and beheold sona. Ic on earfoðdæge ecne drihten sohte mid handum swyþe geneahhe, - 5 - and ic on niht for him neode eode; næs ic on þam siðe beswicen awiht. And ic swiðe wiðsoc sawle minre fælre frofre; þa ic fæste god gemyndgade, þær ic hæfde mæstne hiht. - 10 - Swyðe ic begangen wæs and min sylfes gast wæs hwonlice ormod worden, wæron eagan mine eac mid wæcceum werded swyþe; ne spræc ic worda feala. þa ic ealde dagas eft geþohte, - 15 - hæfde me ece gear ealle on mode. Ic þa mid heortan ongann hycggean nihtes; wæs min gast on me georne gebysgad. þa ic sylfa cwæð: "Ic to soðe wat, nele þis ece god æfre toweorpan - 20 - ne us witnian for his weldædum, oððe wiþ ende æfre to worulde his milde mod mannum afyrran on woruldlife wera cneorissum. Ne byð æfre god ungemyndig, - 25 - þæt he miltsige manna cynne, oþþe on yrre æfre wille his milde mod mannum dyrnan." And ic selfa cwæð: "Nu ic sona ongann þas geunwendnes wenan ærest - 30 - þara hean handa haligan drihtnes, weorca wræclicra worda gemyndig, þæt he æt fruman wundor fæger geworhte." þa ic metegian ongan mænigra weorca, hu ic me on eallum þam eaðust geheolde; - 35 - on eallum þinum weorcum ic wæs smeagende, swylce ic on þinum gehylde sylf begangen. Ys weruda god on wege halgum; hwylc is mihtig god butan ure se mæra god? þu eart ana god, þe æghwylc miht - 40 - wundor gewyrcean on woruldlife. Eft þu þine mihte mænige cyðdest folcum on foldan; þu wiðferedes eac Israhela bearn of ægyptum. Hwæt, þe, wuldres god, wæter sceawedon - 45 - and þe gesawon sealte yþa; forhte wurdan flodas gedrefde, wæs sweg micel sealtera wætera. Sealdon weorðlice wolcnas stefne þurh þine stræle strange foran; - 50 - wæs þunurradstefn strang on hweole. þonne ligette lixan cwoman, eall ymbhwyrft eorðan onhrerdan. Wærun wegas þine on widne sæ and þine stige ofer strang wæter; - 55 - ne bið þær eþe þin spor on to findanne. Folc þin ðu feredest swa fæle sceap þurh Moyses mihtige handa and Aarones ealle gesunde.