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Psalm 147
1
Herige Hierusalem georne drihten,here þu, Sion, swylce þinne soðne god.
2
Forþon he getrymede wið teonhete,þæt þu þine doru mihtest bedon fæste,
and gebletsade bearna æghwylc
þe on innan þe ahwær wæren.
3
He þine gemæru gemiclade,þu on utlandum ahtest sibbe,
and þe gesadade mid þy selestan
hwætecynnes holde lynde.
4
He his spræce hider spowendliceon þas eorðan ærest sendeð,
and his word yrneð wundrum sniome.
5
He snaw sendeð samed anliceswa þu wulle flys wolcnum bringe,
and þone toweorpeð wide swa æscean.
6
He his cristallum cynnum sendeðswylc swa hlafgebrece of heofonwolcnum;
for andwlitan celes þær ænig ne mæg
him standan stiðe mode.
7
He his word sendeð þuruh windes gast;blaweð beorhtlice, burnan floweð
and to wætere weorðeð sniome.
8
He his word eac ær mid wisdome148
and Israhele eac his domas.
9
Ne dyde he ahwær swa eldran cynne,þæt he him his domas digle gecydde.
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