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The Paris Psalter (Old English) · c. 10th century

Psalm 51

by Anonymous (Old English) c. 7th–11th century


fore ænigre egesan næfde,
ne him fultum þær fæstne gelyfde;
ac he on his welan spede wræste getruwode,
and on idel gylp ealra geornost.
Ic þonne swa elebeam up weaxende
on godes huse ece gewene,
and on milde mod mines drihtnes,
and me þæt to worulde wat to helpe.
Ic þe andette awa to feore
on þære worulde ðe þu geworhtest her;
forþan þu eart se gooda, gleaw on gesyhðe,
þe þinne held curan, þara haligra.

MLA

Anonymous (Old English). The Paris Psalter (Old English), Psalm 51. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/work/paris-psalter-oe/0/.

Chicago

Anonymous (Old English). The Paris Psalter (Old English), Psalm 51. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/work/paris-psalter-oe/0/.

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