The Paris Psalter: Psalm 135

Verse Indeterminate Saxon

Eac ic andette     þam þe ece is
ealra godena god,     forðon ic hine godne wat.
Andette ic swylce     þam þe ealra is
drihtna drihten     dædum spedigast,
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forðon he god is,     and ic gearwe wat,
þæt his mildheortnes     is mycel to worulde.
He wundur dyde     weorþlic ana.
Se heofon worhte,     hæleða andgit.
He eorðan æfter wæter     ærest sette.
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He leohtfatu     leodum ana
micel geworhte     manna bearnum,
Sette on miht dæges     mære sunnan,
On miht nihte     monan and steorran.
He ægyptas sloh     and eall heora frumbearn,
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And he Israhelas     ealle oðlædde
of ægyptum     ealle gesunde,
On mihtigre     mære handa
and on eallmihte     earmes swylce.
He readne sæ     recene todælde,
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Lædde Israhelas     ealle þurh midne.
þær Pharaon gefeol,     and his fæge werud
on þam readan sæ     recene forwurdan.
He gewealdendlice     þuruh westen eft
his þæt leofe folc     lædde swylce.
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He of stanclife     stearce burnan
leodum lædde     on leofne þanc.
Swylce he acwealde     cyningas mycle.
And he eac ofsloh     æðele cyningas,
weras wræclice,     þa þe weoruld heoldan.
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þær Seon cyning     swylt dreorig fornam,
þe Amorrea     anweald hæfde,
And Og swylce,     þe æror wæs
swyþe breme cyning     on Basane.
Sealde heora eorþan     on yrfeland,
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And þæt yrfe     on Israele,
þe his esnas     agene wæron.
Forþon ure eaðmedu     ece drihten
gemyndgade,     and us mycel sealde.
And he us aferede     feondum of handa,
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þa ðe wraðe     wæron ealle.
He eac afedeð     flæscea æghwylc.
Andetað nu ealle     þam ecean gode,
þe on heofonum is     heah eardiende.
And ge ealra godena gode     geara andettað,
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forþan his mildheortnes     is mycel to worulde.