95. Me abade sinful, þat me forles pai;
þi witnesses understode I ai.

96. Of alle fulfilling ende sagh I;
Swith brade pi bode witerli.

97. Hou luved I, Laverd, pi lagh ai;
Mi thoght es it al þe dai.

98. Over mine faas slegh me made pou yhit
To pi bode, for in ai to me es it.

99. Over alle lerand me I understode,
For mi thoght pi witnesses gode.

100. Over elde I understode in thoght,
For pat pine bodes I soght.1

101. Fra ivel wai forbed I fete mine,
þat I yheme wole wordes pine.

102. Fra pine domes noght helded I,
For pou set lagh to me wiseli.

103. Hou swete to mi chekes pi speches ai,
Over hony to mi mouth ere pai.

104. Of pi bodes understode I,

Alle waie of wikenes I hated for-pi.

1 In E. these two couplets are transposed.

2

wel, H.; wele, E.

leht-fet

XIIII. 3 MEM EST MEDULLA

fotum minū pord ðin dryht' 7 leht 105. Lucerna pedibus meis verbum tuum Domine et lumen

pilsū mudes mines pel-gelicade doa dryht' 7 domas 108. Voluntaria oris mei bene placita fac Domine et judicia

dine lær mec

tua doce me

dine ne

sapul min in hondu dinū aa 7 aee 109. Anima mea in manibus tuis semper et legem tuam non

eam ic ofer-geotul

sum oblitus

setten

synfulle girene me 7

bodum dinū

110. Posuerunt peccatores laqueos mihi et a mandatis tuis non

113.

da un-rehtpisan on fienge ic hefde 7 aee dine ic lufude
Iniquos odio habui et legem tuam dilexi

fultum 7 ond-fenga min du ear in porde dinu ic ge-hyte 114. Adjutor et susceptor meus es tu et in verbo tuo speravi

105. Lanterne to mi fete es worde pine, And lighte unto 1stihes mine.

106. I swore; and set, 2 mare and lesse,
To yheme domes of pi rightwisenesse.

107. To-ward, 'fra-ward, meked am I; After thi worde quiken me for-pi.

108. Wilnes of mi mouth, Laverd, make wele queme; And þi domes lere me to yheme.

109. Mi saule es ai in hende mine, And I for-gete noght lagh þine.

110. Sinfull to me snares sette,

And fra þi bodes noght dweled I 5 yhette.

111. In eritage soght I pi wittenesses ai, 6 For gladschipe of mi hert er þai.

112. I helded mi hert to do, forbi al thinge,
pi rightvisenesses in ai, for for-yheldinge.

on-haeldað frō me apergde

115. Declinate a me maligni et scrutabor mandata Dei mei

on-foh

116. Suscipe me secundum eloquium tuum et vivam et ne con

justificationibus semper

Ju for-hogdes alle

stigende frō

reht-pisnissu

118. Sprevisti omnes discedentes a justificationibus tuis for-on un-reht ge-Joht heara is

quia injusta cogitatio eorum est

gi-festna mid ege ðinum flæsc min frō domum sod-lice dinū 120. Infige a timore tuo carnes meas a judiciis enim tuis

ic on-dreord

timui

ge-ceos deop dinne in god Sæt ne hæarm-cpeoðelien me 122. Elege servum tuum in bonum ut non calumnientur mihi

ofer-hogan superbi

egan

min

a-sprungun in haelu Binre

in

gesp

123. Oculi mei defecerunt in salutari tuo et in eloquium

115. 'With-dragh, yhou lither, fra me for-pi; And bodes of mi God ransake sal I.

116. Kepe me, and I sal live thurgh speche pine; And noght schende pou me fra abiding mine.

117. Helpe me, and sauf be I sal,

And think in þi rightwisenesses al.

118. pou forsoke alle witand 3pin rightwisnesses fra, For un-rightwise es pe thoght of 'pa.

119. Wemmand al sinfull of erthe wend I; þi witnesses 5luved I for-pi.

120. Stike in þi drede flesches mine, For I drede of domes pine.

121. I made domes and rightwisnes in land; Noght gif pou me to me cravand.