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

Psalm 124

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


þa þe on drihten heora dædum getreowað,
hi beoð on Sionbeorge swyþe gelice;
ne mæg hine on ealdre ænig onhreran
þe eardfæst byð on Hierusalem.
Hi synd mundbeorgas micle ymbutan;
haldeð heora ymbhwyrft ece drihten
of ðisson nu awa to worulde.
Næfre forlæteð lifes drihten
firenfulra tan furðor gangan,
þonne he soðfæstra settan wylle.
Ne he soðfæste swylce læteð,
þæt hi to unrihte ahwær willen
handum ræcean, ac he him hraþe gyldeð;
do þu, drihten, wel þam þe gedefe her
hiora heortan riht healdað mid gode.
þa ðe gearwe beoð to gramum bendum,
eft hi gelædeð ece drihten
mid þæm þe unriht æghwær wyrceað;
sibb si Israhelum symble ofer ealle.

MLA

Anonymous (Old English). The Paris Psalter (Old English), Psalm 124. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/work/paris-psalter-oe/73/.

Chicago

Anonymous (Old English). The Paris Psalter (Old English), Psalm 124. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/work/paris-psalter-oe/73/.

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