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.