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Psalm 98

1

Rixað drihten, and he reðe folc
healdeð on yrre ungemete swiðe;
sitteð ofer cherubin, se þe sona mæg
ana eorðware ealle onstyrian.

2

Drihten is on Sion, dema se mæsta,
heah and mære ofer eall hæleða folc.

3

We andetað þinum þam ecean naman,
þæt he mid mannum is mycel and egeslic,
halig on helpe hæleþa bearnum,
aare cyninges dom æghwær lufade.

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4

Þu gegearwadest geara ærest,
þæt þu recene, god, rihte beeodest;
þu on Iacobe gode domas
æt fruman worlde fægere settest.

5

Ahebbað haligne heofena drihten,
usserne god ellencræfte,
and his fota sceamul forð weorþiað;
forþon he halig is hæleða bearnum.

6

Moyses et Aaron mære gebroðor,
soðe sacerdas, Samuhel ðridda,
þa gode his naman neode cigdan.

7

Hi cymlice cigdon drihten,
and he hi gehyrde holde mode,
spræc him wordum to þurh wolcnes swyr.

8

Hi þa gewitnesse wel geheoldon
and his bebodu beorhte efnedan,
þa he him sealde and sylfa bebead.

9

Þu gehyrdest hig, halig drihten,
and him, meahtig god, milde wurde,
and heora æfþancan ealle gewræce.

10

Hebbað urne god, hælend drihten,
and hine on halgum her weorðiað
mærum beorge; forðon his meahte synt
and halig is heofonrices weard.