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

Psalm 95

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


Singað nu drihtne sangas neowe;
singe þeos eorðe eall eceum drihtne.
Singað nu drihtne, and his soðne naman
bealde bletsiað; beornas sæcgeað
fram dæge to dæge drihtnes hælu.
Secgeað his wuldor geond sigeþeode,
and on eallum folcum his fægere wundor.
He is se mycla god; forþon hine mæn sculon
elne herian; he is egeslic god
ofer ealle godu eorðbuendra.
Syndon ealle hæþenu godu hildedeoful;
heofonas þænne worhte halig drihten.
Ys on þinre gesihðe soð andetnes,
fæger halignes fæste gebletsad
and weorðlic wlite wuldres þines.
Bringað nu drihtne bu ætsomne
wlite and are, wuldor ðridde,
and þæt of hiora eðele don ealle þeode,
þæt hi naman drihtenes neode herigean.
Genimað eow arlice lac and in gangað
on his wictunas; weorðiað drihten
on his þære halgan healle geneahhige.
For his ansyne sceal eorðe beofian;
secgað nu on cynnum and on cneorissum,
þæt from treowe becwom tirfæst rice
drihten ure; dome he syþþan
eorðan ymbhwyrft ealle gesette.
He ferhtlic riht folcum demeð
and on his yrre ealle þeode.
Heofenas blissiað, hrusan swylce
gefeoð fæstlice, and floda þrym;
sealte sæstreamas sælðe habbað.
Habbað feldas eac fægere blisse
and ealle þa þe on him eard weardiað;
wærun wudubearuwas on wyndagum
for andwlitan ecean drihtnes,
forþon he cwom on cyneðrymme,
þæt he þas eorðan ealle demde.
þonne he ymbhwyrft eorðan folca
soðe and rihte syþþan demeð.

MLA

Anonymous (Old English). The Paris Psalter (Old English), Psalm 95. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/work/paris-psalter-oe/44/.

Chicago

Anonymous (Old English). The Paris Psalter (Old English), Psalm 95. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/work/paris-psalter-oe/44/.

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