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

Psalm 81

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


God mihtig stod godum on gemange,
and he hi on midle mægene tosceadeð.
Hu lange deme ge domas unrihte,
and ge onfoð ansyna synnwyrcendra?
Demað steopcildum domas soðe
and eadmedum eac þæt sylfe,
wædlum and ðearfum wel soðfæstum.
Ge of firenfulra fæcnum handum
þearfan and wædlan þriste alysað.
Ne ongeatan hi ne geara wistan,
ac hi on ðystrum þrage eodan;
ealle abeofedan eorðan staþelas.
Ic ærest cwæð: "Ge synd uppe godu,
ealle uphea, and æðele bearn.
Ge þonne sweltað samod mid mannum,
swa ealdormann an gefealleð."
Aris drihten, nu! Dem eorðware,
forþan þu eart erfeweard ealra ðeoda.

MLA

Anonymous (Old English). The Paris Psalter (Old English), Psalm 81. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/work/paris-psalter-oe/30/.

Chicago

Anonymous (Old English). The Paris Psalter (Old English), Psalm 81. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/work/paris-psalter-oe/30/.

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