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Psalm 137
1
Ic þe andette, ecne drihten,on minre gehygde heortan ealre;
forðon þu ealle mine word earum gehyrdest,
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and on þinra engla ealra gesihðe
ic þe singe swiðe geneahhige.
2
Eac ic þin tempel tidum weorðige,þæt halige hus, holde mode,
and þær þinne naman on neod secge.
3
Ofer þine þa miclan mildheortnesseand soðfæstnesse samed ætgædere,
þu þinne þone halgan naman neode gedydest,
ofer us ealle æghwær micelne.
4
Swa hwylce daga ic þe deorne cige,gehyr me hwætlice, and me hraðe gedo
micle mine sawle on þines mægenes sped.
5
Ealle þe andettan eorðan kyningas,forðon þe hi gehyrdon hlude reorde
þines muðes þa mæran word;
þa on sangum singan drihtne.
6
Forþon þin wuldur is wide geond eorðanmicel and mære, ofer middaneard
eart þu healice ahafen, drihten;
þu eadmodra ealra locast
on heofonhame her on eorðan.
7
Þeah þe ic on midle manes gange,þær me costunga cnysdan geneahhe,
a þu me weredest wraþum feondum
þe me woldan yrre on acyðan;
þu me geræhtest recene mid handa
and me þin swyðre sneome hælde.
8
Drihten for me dome gylde,is his mildheortnes mycel on worulde;
ne forseoh æfre, þæt þu sylfa ær
mid þinum handum her geworhtest.
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