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Psalm 55
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Miltsa me drihten, forðon me man tredeð,and me ealne dæg mid unrihte
fynd onfeohtað þurh facensearu.
2
And me fæcne tredað feondas mine,doð þæt ealne dæg fram ærmergene.
3
Forðon monige synd ðe to me feohtað;wene ic me wraðe to ðe, wuldres drihten.
4
Ic wealdend god wordum herige,and on god swylce georne gelyfe,
þæt minre spræce sped folgie
æghwæs ealne dæg; eac ic swylce
on god drihten gearewe gewene;
nis me ege mannes for ahwæðer.
5
Hwæt, me ealne dæg mine agen wordsylfne socon, swyþe oncuðon,
and wiðer me wæran georne
on yfel heora geðeaht ealle onwende.
6
On eardiað, þa ðe swa þenceaðþæt heo gehyden hælun mine,
swa min sawl bad þæt ðu swylce heo
for nahwæðer nowiht hæle;
on yrre þu folc eall geðreatast.
7
Ic nu leofum gode lif min secge,sette on ðinre gesyhðe sarige tearas,
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8
Þonne on hinderling hweorfað minefeondas fæcne, ðonne ic me freoðu to ðe
wordum wilnige; ic wat and can,
þæt þu min god gleawe wære.
9
Ic on god min word georne herige,and on god swylce georne gelyfe,
and ic ealne dæg ecne drihten
wordum weorðige; ne me wiht an siteð
egesan awiht æniges mannes.
10
On me synd, mihtig god, þæt ic þe min gehaton herenesse hyldo gylde;
forþon ðu mine sawle of swyltdeaðes
laþum wiðlæddest, dydest lof stunde,
aweredest mine eagan wraðum tearum
and mine fet fæle beweredest,
þæt ic gearewe gode licode
on lifigendra leohte eallum.
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