PSALM C.

1. 1 Merci and dome 2 with-alle,
Laverd, to pe singe I salle.

4 I sal salme (2.) and understand in un-wemmid wai,
When pou salte come to me ai.

I thorgh-yhode in un-derandnesse of mi herte,
In mid of mi hous in querte.

3. 5 Noght set I to be in sighte
Bifore mine eghen thinge un-righte;
Wemmednesses ere doand,

Hated I in ilka land.

Noght kleved to me (4.) wicke hert for-pi;
6 Heldeand fra me liper noght knew I.
5. Dern-like his neghburgh bak-bitand,
Him filiyhed I with fote and hand.

8

With proude egh and un-fillandlike hert,
With it ete I noght in quert.

6. Min eghen to trew of land þat be,
Swa pat pai ai site with me;
10 Gaand in un-wemmid wai,
He served me, night and dai.

7. Noghte sal he won me biside,
In mid of mi hous, þat does pride;
þat spekes quednes, noght righted swa
In sighte of min eghen twa.

8. In 11 ughteninge I slogh with hand
Alle pe sinful of pe land;
for-spille fra Goddes cite
Alle þat wickenes wirkand be.

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1. ORATIO PAUPERIS CUM ANXIATUS FUERIT ET CORAM DEO EFFUDIT PRECEM SUAM

dryht' ge-her

PSALMUS CI.

ge-bed

min 7 cleopung min to de

2. Domine exaudi orationem meam et clamor meus ad te

spe hpelcum dege ge-spenced quacunque die tribulor

3. Ne avertas faciem tuam a me in

on-haeld to me

eare

din in spe hpelcum dege ic ge-cego

inclina ad me aurem tuam in quacunque die invocavero

Bec hred-lice ge-her mec
te velociter exaudi me

for-Jon a-sprungun spe spe

rec dagas mine 7 ban min spe 4. Quia defecerunt sicut fumus dies mei et ossa mea sicut

spe spe

heg

a-drugað heorte min for-don sicut faenum et aruit cor meum quia

eotan

hlaf

oblitus sum manducare panem
geamrunge minre æt-felun [ æt-clofodon] ban
gemitus mei adheserunt ossa

gelic ge-porden ic eam stane-gellan in poestenne ge-porden ic eam 7. Similis factus sum pellicano in solitudine factus

spe spe næht-hrefn in husincle

sic ut nocticorax in domicilio

ic paecade ge-porden ic eam spe spe spearpa se anga in timbre 8. Vigilavi et factus sum sic ut

sum

passer unicus in aedificio

alne deg edpittun [ hyspton] mec feond mine 7 da de mec 9. Tota die exprobrabant mihi inimici mei et qui me pið me speorun

hergað laudabant adversum me jurabant

for-don escan spe spe hlaf

10. Quia cinerem sic ut panem manducabam et potum meum

mid pope ic ge-metgade

cum fletu temperabam

from onsiene eorres

ebylðu dinre for-don up-hebbende du ge-cny sedes

11. A facie irae et indignationis tuae quia elevans elisisti

mec

me

PSALM CI.

2. Laverd, here pe bede of me,

And mi krie mote come to þe.

3. Noghte turne pi face fra me; in what-kin dai
I be droved, helde pin ere to me ai.

In what-kin dai I kalle þe,

1 Swith-like pan here þou me.

4. For waned als reke mi daies swa,

And mi banes als 2 krawkan dried pa.

5. I am smiten als hai, dried mi herte,
For I for-gate to ete mi brede in quert.

4

7. Like am I made to pellicane of annesse,
Made am I als nighte-raven in 5 houseses esse.

8. I woke, and made I am for-pi
Als a sparw in hous aneli.

9. Alle dai up-braided me mi faa,

And þat me looved again me swore þa.

10.

6 For askes, als it ware brede, I ete;
And I mengid mi drinke with grete.

11. Fra face of wreth of dedeinyhe of pe,
For up-heveand to-gnodded pou me.

Swifli, H.; Swiftli, E.

2 crawkan, H.; kraukan, E.

3 For steven of sikinge strange

Klives mi mouth to my flesshe lange, H.

4 wildernesse, E.

5 hous heves, H.; in hous evesesse, E.

6 For þat bred als aske I ete, H.
For aske als ware bred I ete, E.

7 Fra face of wragh of mis-liking of þe,
For up-hevande to-gnod thou me, H.
For face of wragh of pe mis-likand,
For pou to-gnod me up-hevand, E.

on-hældun 7 ic spe spe

heg

dægas mine spe spe scua 12. Dies mei sic ut umbra declinaverunt et ego sic ut faenum a-drugade arui

Ju sod-lice dryht' in ecnisse dorh-punas 7 ge-mynd 13. Tu autem Domine in aeternum permanes et memoriale ðin in peoruld peorulde tuum in saeculum saeculi

exsurgens

to mildsiende his

miserendi ejus

for-don pel ge-licad

tid

ge-mildsas sioene for-don cpom misereberis Sion quia venit tempus

hefdun deopas dine stanas. his 15. Quia beneplacitum habuerunt servi tui lapides ejus et

on-dreda Biode noman dinre dryht' 7 alle cyningas 16. Ét timebunt gentes nomen tuum Domine et omnes reges eorðan puldur din

terrae gloriam tuam

ge-locað in ge-beodu Bearfena 7 ne for-hogað bene 18. Et respexit in orationes pauperum et non sprevit preces

heara eorum

ðas in

cneorisse

oderre

folc

Sæt

bioð a-priten 19. Scribantur haec in generatione altera et populus qui bið ge-cpicad hereð dryht'

creabitur laudabit Dominum

for-Jon ge-locað of heanisse Sæm halgan his dryhten of 20. Quoniam prospexit de excelso sancto suo Dominus de

sie segd in sion

noma dryht' 7 lof his in

22. Ut adnuncietur in Sion nomen Domini et laus ejus in

ierusale' Jerusalem

12. Mine daies als schadwe helded pai,
And I dried als it ware hai.

13. And pou, Laverd, ert with-outen ende,
And þi mininge in strend and strende.

14. pou riseand, Laverd, onon
Salte have merci of Syon;
For time of it to have merci,
For þat time 1com es, witerli.

15. For quemed to pi hine his stanes ai,
"And of land of it hafe reuth sal pai.

16. And drede sal genge, Laverd, þi name þat is, And alle kinges of erthe pi blis.

17. For bigged Laverd Syon bidene,
And in his blis it sal be sene.

18. He biheld þe bede of meke pat be,
And par praier noghte for-sake he.

19. Be writen pese in othre 5 strende al,
And folke pat sal be made loove Laverd sal.

20. For he forth-loked fra his hali heghte,
Laverd fra heven in erthe bi-held right.

21. þat he herd sighinge of fote-feste sone,
þat he lesed sones of for-done.

22. þat þai schewe in Syon Laverd's name,
And his lof in Jerusalem þe same.

1

comen is, H.

2 And of his land merci have sal þai, H. 3 folc, H.

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4 bene, H.; bede, E. 5 kinde, H.

siking, H. E.