The Paris Psalter: Psalm 119

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

Ic me to drihtne deorum cleopode,
þonne me costunga cnysdon geneahhe,
and he me gehyrde holde mode.
Alys mine sawle, lifes drihten,

5

of þam welerum þe wom cweðen,
and from þære tungan þe teosu wylle.
Hwæt bið þe ealles seald oþþe eced swa
from þære inwitfullan yflan tungan?
Strele beoð scearpe, strange and mihtige,

10

syððan of gledon wesað gearwe ahyrde.
Wa me þære wyrde, þæt min wynn alæg
and min bigengea gewat bryce on feorweg;
sceal ic eard niman, swa me eðe nis,
mid Cedaringum; nis min cyð þær,

15

þe mine sawle swiðe beeode.
Mid þam þe hi sibbe swyþost feodan,
ic sibbe mid him soðe hæfde;
þonne ic him spedlice to spræce and hi lærde,
ðonne me earwunga ealle onfuhtan.