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Psalm 117
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Ic andette ecum dryhtneþam godan gode; ic hine gleawne wat;
ys his mildheortnys mycel to worulde.
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Þæt Israela cwæðan ealle nu ða,þe he is se goda god, and gearu standeð
his mildheortnys mære to worulde.
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Cweðe Aarones hus eac þæt sylfe;he ys se goda god, and gearu standeð
his mildheortnys mære to worulde.
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Cweðan ealle þæt unforcuðe,þe him on standeð egsa dryhtnes;
forðon he ys se goda god, and gearu standeð
his mildheortnys mære on worulde.
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Ic on costunge cigde to dryhtne,and he me gehyrde on heare brædu.
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Nu me fultum is fæle dryhten,nis me ege mannes for ahwæðer.
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Nu me fultum ys fæle dryhten,ic fracuþe forseo feondas mine.
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God ys on dryhten georne to þenceanne,þonne on mannan wese mod to treowianne.
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God ys on dryhten georne to hyhtanne,þonne on ealdormen ahwær to treowianne.
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Ealle me ymbsealdon side þeode,102
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Me ymbstodan strange manige,and me godes nama on him georne gehælde.
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Þa hi me ymbsealdon samod anliceswa beon bitere, oððe þu bærne eac
þornas þyre þicce fyre,
þær me nama dryhtnes neode scylde.
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Ic wæs hearde cnyssed and ic me helpe fand,þæt ic fæste ne feoll, ac ic me frofre begeat,
þa me dryhten onfeng, swa hit gedefe wæs.
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Me wæs strengðu strang stiþ on dryhtneand herenes heah, and he me eac
ys a to worulde worden on hælu.
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A byð blisse stefn beorht gehyredon soðfæstra swæsum muðe.
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Dyde gedefe mægen dryhtnes swyðre,and me seo swyðre swylce drihtnes
ahof hrædlice æt heahþearfe.
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Ne swelte ic mid sare, ac ic gesund lifigeand weorc godes wide secge.
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Se clænsude, se þe him clæne wæs;dryhten ælmihtig nolde to deaðe me
on ecnysse æfre gesyllan.
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Undoð me sniome duru soðfæstra eac,þær ic gange inn, gode andette;
soðfæste on þa duru seceað inngang.
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Ic þe andette, ece dryhten,forðon þu me gehyrdest æt heahþearfe
and me þa gewurde wis on hælu.
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Þone sylfan stan þe hine swyðe ærwyrhtan awurpan, nu se geworden is
hwommona heagost; halig dryhten
to wealles wraðe wis teofrade;
þæt is urum eagum eall wundorlic.
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Þis ys se dæg þe hine drihten uswisfæst geworhte wera cneorissum,
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Eala þu dryhten god, do me halne;eala þu dryhten min, do us gesunde.
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Gebletsad is, se þe com ofer bearna gehwylcon dryhtnes naman dædum mærum;
we eow æt godes huse gearwe bletsiað,
nu us drihten god deore onlyhte.
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Wutan us to symbeldæge settan georne,and ðone gelome lustum healdan
oð wigbedes wræste hornas.
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Þu eart min dryhten god, and ic dædum þeecne andette;
þu eart min hælend god, and ic herige ðe.
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Ic ðe andette ecne dryhten,forðon þu me gehyrdest æt heahþearfe,
and þa wurde me wis to hælu.
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Eac ic andette eceum dryhtne,forðon he ys se goda god, and ic ful geare wat,
þæt þin mildheortnyss ys mycel to worulde.
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