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The Paris Psalter: Psalm 62

Old English · Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records · 36 sections

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   God min, god min, ic þe gearuwe to

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   æt leohte gehwam lustum wacie.

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   Min sawl on ðe swyðe þyrsteð

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   and min flæsc on ðe fæste getreoweð.

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   On westene and on wege swylce

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   and on wæterflodum wene ic swiðe,

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   þæt ic ðe on halgum her ætywe,

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   þæt ic þin wuldur and mægen wis sceawige.

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   Ys þin milde mod micele betere

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    þonne þis læne lif þe we lifiað on;

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    weleras ðe mine wynnum heriað.

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    Swa ic ðe on minum life lustum bletsige

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    and ic on naman þinum neode swylce

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    mine handa þwea halgum gelome.

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    Ys sawl min swetes gefylled,

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    swa seo fætte gelynd, fægeres smeoruwes;

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    weleras mine wynnum swylce

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    þinne naman nu ða neode heriað.

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    Swa ic þin gemynd on modsefan

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    on minre reste rihte begange,

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    and on ærmergen on ðe eac gewene,

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    forðon þu me on fultum fæste gestode.

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    Ic beo fægere beþeaht fiðerum þinum

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    and hiht on ðon hæbbe georne,

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    forðon min sawl on ðe soðe getreoweþ;

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    me ðin seo swiðre onfencg symble æt ðearfe.

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    Forðon hi on idel ealle syððan

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    sohton synlice sawle mine,

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    and geond eorðscræfu eodon geneahhe;

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    nu hi wæran geseald under sweordes hand,

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    syndon fracuðe nu foxes dælas.

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    Kynincg sceal on drihtne clæne blisse

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    hluttre habban, and hine heriað eac

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    ealle þa ðe on hine aðas sweriað;

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    forþon synt gemyrde muðas ealle

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    þa unriht sprecað ahwær landes.

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