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Psalm 54
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Gehyr min gebed, halig drihten,ne forseoh æfre sariges bene;
beheald me holdlice and gehyr me eac.
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Grimme ic eom begangen; forðon ic gnornigeand me forhtige feondes stefne
and fyrenfulra fæcne niðas.
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Forðam me on sah unrihtes feala;wurdon me þa on yrre yfele and hefige.
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Ys me on hreðre heah heorte gedrefedand me fealleð on fyrhtu deaðes.
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Egsa me and fyrhtu ealne forcwomon,and me beþeahton þeostru niðgrim.
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Ic þa on mode cwæð, hwa me sealdeto fleogenne fiðeru swa culfran,
and ic þonne ricene reste syððan.
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Efne ic feor gewite, fleame dæle,and on westene wunode lange,
bide þæs beornes þe me bete eft
modes mindom and mægenes hreoh.
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Hat nu todælan, drihten usser,heora geðeode geond þas woruld wide;
forðon ic þær on unriht oft locade,
and wiðercwyda wearn gehyrde;
drugon þæt on burgum dæges and nihtes.
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Þunie him gewinnes wearn ofer wealles hrofand heom on midle wese man and inwit
and unsoðfæstnys ealle wealde.
10
Næfre on his weorþige wea aspringe,mearce mansceat, man inwides;
forþon gif me min feond fæcne wyrgeð,
ic þæt abere bliðe mode.
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Þeah þe þa ealle ðe me a feodon,wordum wyrigen and wearn sprecan,
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Þu eart se man þe me wæreon anmede, and æghwæs cuð
latteow lustum; and wyt gelome eac
æton swetne mete samed ætgædere,
and on godes huse gangan swylce
mid geþeahtunge þine and mine.
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Hi ofer cume unþinged deað,astigon heo on helle heonan lifigende.
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Forðam on heora gasthusum is gramlic inwit,and on hiora midle man inwitstæf.
15
Ic soðlice to sylfum drihtnecleopode on corðre, and me cuðlice
gehyrde hælend drihten.
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Ic on æfenne, eac on mergenneand on midne dæg, mægene sæcge
and bodie, þæt þu bliðe me
mine stefne stiðe gehyre.
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A ðu symle sawle minelustum alyse, laðum wiðferige,
forðon me manige ymb mægene syrewað.
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Þæt gehyreð god and hi gehyneð eac,þe ær worulde wæs and nu wunað ece.
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Nis him onwendednes on woruldlife,ne him godes fyrhtu georne ondrædað.
Heo besmitað swylce his sylfes
þa gewitnesse, þær hi woh fremedon;
forðon hi synt on yrre ut adælde,
ne hi sylfe wel geseon æfre,
forðon hit wæs his heortan gehygde neah.
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Hi word hira wel gesmyredonele anlicast; eft gewurdon
on gescotfeohta scearpe garas.
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Sete on drihten þin soð gehygd;he þe butan fracoðum fedeð syððan.
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Ne syleð he soðfæstum syððan to feoreþæt him yþende mod innan hreðre;
ðu arlease ealle gelædest
on soðe forwyrd seaðes deopes.
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Se blodhreowa wer bealuinwitesfæcne gefylled ne fæger lif
on middum feore gemeteð ahwær;
ic me on minne drihten deorne getreowige.
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