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Psalm 131
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Gemune þu, drihten, mærne Dauidand ealle his mannþwærnesse micle and goode.
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Swa ic æt frymðe geswor ferhðe wið drihtenand gehat gehet, he geheold teala
wið Iacobes god þone mæran.
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Þeah þe ic on mines huses hyld gegangeoþþe selegesceot þænne swæs wese
oððe on min restbedd ricene gestige,
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Gif ic minum eagum unne slæpes,oþþe minum breawum beode hnappunga,
oþþe ic on þunwange þriste gereste,
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Oþþæt ic gemete mære stowedrihtne gecorene, dyre selegesceot
Iacobes gode georne gecweme.
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Efne we þas eall on Eufratensæcgean gehyrdon, syððan gemitton
forwel manegu on wudufeldum.
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We on his selegesceot swylce gangað,and þære stowe stede ariað
þær his fotas ær fæste gestodan.
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Aris on þinre reste recene, drihten;þu earce eart eallhaligra.
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Synd þine sacerdas on soðfæstnessegode gegierede, and gleawe nu
þine þa halgan her blissiað.
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For þinum agenum esne swylce.deorum Dauide. þu ne do æfre,
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þines þæs halgan her on eorðan.
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Þæs deopne að drihten asworand þone mid soðe swylce getrymede,
þæt he hine for hole ær ne aswore,
gehet Dauide, swa he him dyde syþþan,
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Þæt he weorðlicne wæstm gesetteþe of his innaðe agenum cwome,
ofer þin heahsetl; gif nu healdað well
þines sylfes bearn soðe treowa
and þa gewitnesse, þe ic hig wel lære,
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Þonne hiora suna swylce motana þysse worulde wynnum brucan
and on þinum setle sittan geneahhe.
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Forðon him Sione geceas sylfa drihten,and him to earde geceas ærest æt frymðe.
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Þis is min rest, þe ic recene nuon worulda woruld wunian þence,
þær ic eard nime, forðon ic hi ær geceas.
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His wuduan ic wordum bletsigeand gesegnade, sylle geneahhe
heora hungrium hlaf to fylle.
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Ec his sacerdas swylce mid hælugeorne gegyrwe, and gode eac
his þa halgan her habbað blisse.
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Þær ic Dauides horn deorne bringe,forð gelæde, fægre gearuwe
byrnende blacern, bere for minum
criste gecorenum, þe ic hine cuðne wat.
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Ic his feondas eac facne gegyrwemid scame swiðust; ofer hine scir cymeð
minra segnunga soðfæst blostma.
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