43. And ne awai bere fra mi mouth

Worde of sothnes pat es kouth,
To-ward, fra-ward, night ne dai;
For in pi domes over-hoped I ai.

44. And pi lagh ai sal I yheme;

In werld, and in werld of werld to queme.

45. And I yhode in brede to be,

For I soght bodes of pe.

46. And I spak of pi witnesses in kinges sight;
And noght was schent, dai ne night.

47. 1And I 'thoght in bodes pine,

þat I loved als life mine.

48. And I hove mi hend to pi bodes, mare and lesse,
þat I loved, and woned in pi rightwisnesse.

49. Mined of pi worde to pi hine be nou,
In whilk hope to me gaf þou.

50. þis roned me in mekenes mine,
For me qwikened speche pine.

51. To-ward, fra-ward, proude didewicli;
5And fra þi lagh noght helded I.

52. I mined of þi domes fra werld sumdele,
Laverd, and roned am I wele.

me perun reht-pisnisse Sine in stope lond-bigonges 54. Cantabiles mihi erant justificationes tuae in loco incolatus

singend-lic

mines

mei

ge-myndig ic pes in naeht noman Vines dryht'

heold aee

55. Memor fui nocte nominis tui Domine et custodivi legem

dine

tuam

deos me ge-porden pes for-don reht-pisnisse dine ic sohte 56. Haec mihi facta est quia justificationes tuas exquisivi

VIII. O ZAE EST ELIMENTUM MUNDI

dael min dryht' ic cpeð haldan

aee dine

57. Portio mea Domine dixi custodire legem tuam

biddende ic eam on-siene dine in alre heortan minre mildsa 58. Deprecatus sum faciem tuam in toto corde meo miserere

ic eam 7

neam ge-droefed æt ic haldu

bi-boda

60. Paratus sum et non sum turbatus ut custodiam mandata

on midde naeht

ic a-ras to

on-detende

de ofer domas 62. Media nocte surgebam ad confitendum tibi super judicia

reht-pisnisse inre

justitiae tuae

EARLY ENGLISH PSALTER.

54. 1 Sang-lic to me ware rightwisnesses pine
In stede of pilgrimage mine.

55. I mined, Laverd, of þi name bi night,
And pi lagh I 2yhemed right.

56. þis es made to me for-pi,
For pi rightwisnesses soght I.

64. Of pi merci, Laverd, pe erthe full esse, Lere pou me pi rightwisnes.

VIIII. I ETA EST VITA

eft'

porde

god-nisse du dydes mid beope dinū dryht' 65. Bonitatem fecisti cum servo tuo Domine secundum verbum dinum

tuum

god-nisse 7 Jeod-scipe 7 pis-dom lær mec for-don in 66. Bonitatem et disciplinam et scientiam doce me quia in

god ðu earð dryht'

in god-nisse inre lær mec reht-pisnisse 68. Bonus es tu Domine et in bonitate tua doce me justifica

dine

tiones tuas

ge-monigfaldad is ofer mec un-rehtpisnis ofer-hygdigra ic soo-lice 69. Multiplicata est super me iniquitas superborum ego autem in alre heortan minre ic smegu

bi-bodu ðin

in toto corde meo scrutabor mandata tua

ge-runnen

is spe spe milc heorte heara ic soð-lice aee 70. Coagulatum est sic ut lac cor eorum ego vero legem

dine smegende eam

tuam meditatus sum

god me

Sæt ge-eaðmodades mec dæt ic leornade reht-pisnisse 71. Bonum mihi quod humiliasti me ut discerem justificationes

dine

tuas

god me aee mudes dines ofer dusend goldes seolfres 72. Bonum mihi lex oris tui super milia auri et argenti

honda dine

dydun mec 7 ge-hiopadun mec sele me 73. Manus tuae fecerunt me et plasmaverunt me da mihi

ond-get Sæt ic leornie bi-bodu ðin

intellectum ut discam mandata tua

1

65. Godenes dide pou with pi hine,
Laverd, after worde pine.

66. Lere me godenes, wisdome, and 1lare,
For in pi bodes 2 lered I 3 mare.

72. 7 Gode to me lagh of þi mouth holde,
Over thousandes of silver ore golde.

73. pine hend made for to be,
And als-swa pai 9 schope me;
Gif to me understandinge,
þat I lere pi bodes over al thinge.

lore, E.