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Psalm 123
1
Nymþe us on wese ece drihten,cweþað Israhelas ealle nu ða,
nymþe us eardige on awa drihten,
2
Þonne us manfulle menn onginnað;wen is, þæt hi us lifigende lungre wyllen
sniome forsweolgan, gif hi swa magon.
3
Þonne us ðara manna mod yrsade,and us wiðerwearde wæron geneahhe;
wen is, þæt hi us woldan wætre gelice
sona gesupan, gif hit swa wolde.
4
Oft ure sawl swyþe frecnehlimman gedegde hludes wæteres;
wene ic forþon, þæt heo wel mæge
þæt swyðre mægen, sawel usser,
wæteres wenan ðæs wel gedegean.
5
Drihten si gebletsad, þe þæt ne dyde æfre,þæt us on hearde hæftnyd sealde
þam þe us mid toðum toteon woldan.
6
Wærun ure sawla samod anliceniþa generede, swa swa neodspearuwa
of grames huntan gryne losige.
7
Grin bið on sadan grame torænded,and we synd alysde lifes wyrðe;
we us naman drihtnes neode habbað
on fultume fæstne and strangne,
þæs þe heofon worhte, hrusan swylce.
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