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Psalm 144
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Ic me heahne god hæbbe to kyninge,and ic naman þinne neode herige
on ecnesse awa to worulde.
2
Þuruh syndrige dagas symble ic ðe bletsige,and naman þinne neode herige
on ecnesse awa to worulde.
3
Mycel is drihten, hine man mægene scealholde mode herian swiðe;
nis his micelmodes mægenes ende.
4
Cneorissa kynn cwidum symbleþin weorc herigen wordum georne,
and þine mihte eac micle sæcgeon.
5
Mycel mod and strang þines mægenðrymmesand þine halignesse holdes modes
wise wordum sprecað, weredum secggeað
eall þin wundur wide mære.
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And hi mægen swylce mære and egeslicþinra wundra wislic sæcgen
and þine mægenstrengðu mærsien wide.
7
Gemune þines modes þa miclan geniht,þinre weðnesse wise sæcgenum
roccette and ræd sprece,
and þine soðfæstnesse sæcge geneahhe.
8
Mildheort is drihten and mannþwæreand geþyldig eac, þearle mildheort.
9
Swylce eallum is ure drihtenmanna cynne milde and bliðe;
syndan his miltsa ofer us mære weorc
eall yldum cuð awa to feore.
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10
Andetten þe, drihten, ealle þine weorcand þe þine þa halgan her bletsien.
11
And hi þine mihte manna bearnumcyþan mid cynnum and mid cneorissum,
þines mægenþrymmes mære wuldur
riht and reðe rices þines.
12
Þæt þu cuð gedydest ofer cneorisse,þær synd manna bearn manig ætsomne,
and þæt þin miht is ofer middaneard
and þines rices rædfæst wuldur.
13
Rice is þin, drihten, ræde gefæstnod,and þu woruldricum wealdest eallum;
is þin anweald eac ofer eorðware
of cynne on cynn and on cneorissum.
14
Drihten is on wordum dædum getreoweand on eallum his weorcum wis and halig.
15
Ahefeð halig god þa ðe hreosað ær,and he ealle areceð earme gebrocene.
16
Eagan on þe ealra, drihten,wisra gewenað wiste to genihte,
and þu him mete sylest mæla gehwylce
and þæs tidlice tid gemearcast.
17
Onhlidest ðu þine handa and hi hraðe fyllest,ealra wihta gehwam wis bletsunga.
18
Soðfæst is drihten on his sylfes wegumeallum on eorðan, and he æfter þan
on his weorcum is wis and halig.
19
Neah is drihten niþum eallumþe hine mid soðe hige seceað and ciegað
and his willan her wyrceað georne
and his ege swylce elne ræfnað;
he heora bene bealde gehyreð
and hi hrædlice gedeð hale sona.
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Ealle gehealdeð halig drihtenþe lufan wið hine lustum healdeð,
and he synfulle swylce todrifeð
geond widwegas wearnum ealle.
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Sceal lof drihtnes on lust sprecanmin muð mannum mæla gehwylce,
and flæsca gehwylc þurh fæle word
his þone haligan naman her bletsian
on ecnesse awa to feore.
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