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

Psalm 60

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


Gehyr, halig god, hraþe mine bene,
beheald mine gebed holde mode.
Nu ic of eorðan utgemærum
cleopige to þe, nu me caru beateð
heard æt heortan, help min nu þa;
ahefe me holdlice on halne stan.
þu me gelæddest mid lufan hyhte,
wære me se stranga tor stið wið feondum.
Ic eardige awa to feore
on ðinum selegesceote; þær me softe byð,
þær ic beo fægere beþeaht fiðerum ðinum.
Forðon ðu gehyrdest, halig drihten,
hu min gebed to ðe beorhte eode;
yrfe þu sealdest anra gehwylcum,
se þe naman ðinne þurh neod forhtað.
Dæg byð ofer dæge, þær byð gedefe cynincg;
beoð his winter eac wynnum iced,
oð þone dæg þe he on drihtnes sceal
on ansyne andweard gangan,
and þær to worlde wunian ece.
Hwylc seceð þæt þe soðfæst byð?
Swa ic naman ðinum neode singe,
þæt ic min gehat her agylde
of dæge on dæg, swa hit gedefe wese.

MLA

Anonymous (Old English). The Paris Psalter (Old English), Psalm 60. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/work/paris-psalter-oe/9/.

Chicago

Anonymous (Old English). The Paris Psalter (Old English), Psalm 60. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/work/paris-psalter-oe/9/.

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