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Ða David þysne twelftan sealm sang, þa seofode he to Drihtne on þam sealme be his feondum, ægþer ge gastlicum ge lichamlicum. And swa deð ælc þæra þe hine singð. And swa dyde Crist be Iudeum and be deoflum. And swa dyde Ezechias se cyng be Assiriam, þa hi hine ymbseten hæfdon on þære byrig.
| 1(1)] Usquequo, Domine, oblivisceris me in finem? Quousque avertis faciem tuam a me? | 1] Hu lange wilt þu, Drihten, min forgitan? Hwæðer þu oð minne ende wylle, oþþe hu lange wilt þu ahwyrfam þinne andwlitan fram me? |
| 2(2)] Quamdiu ponam consilium in animam meam, dolorem in corde meo per diem? | 2] Hu lange sceal ic settan on mine sawle þis sorhfulle geþeaht and þis sar æt minre heortan? Hwæþer ic ælce dæge scyle? |
| 3(3)] Usquequo exaltabitur inimicus meus super me? 4] Respice et exaudi me, Domine, Deus meus. | 3] Hu lange sceal min feond beon uppahafen ofer me? 4] Beseoh to me, Drihten, min God, and gehyr me. |
| (4)] Inlumina oculos meos, ne umquam obdormiam in morte, | Onliht mine eagan, þæt hi næfre ne slapan on swylcum deaðe, |
| 5(5)] Nequando dicat inimicus meus: Prevalui adversus eum. | 5] Þy læs æfre min feond cweðe: Ic eom strengra þonne he. |
| Qui tribulant me exultabunt si motus fuero. 6] Ego autem in tua misericordia sperabo. | Þa þe me swencað, hy fægniað gif ic onstyred beo, 6] ac ic þeah on þine mildheortnesse gelyfe. |
| (6)] Exultabit cor meum in salutari tuo; cantabo Domino qui bona tribuit michi, et psallam nomini Domini altissimi. | Min heorte blissað on þinre hælo, and ic singe þam Gode þe me eall god syleð, and lofie þinne naman þu hehsta God. |
rub: in Marco / omit Thorpe. 1: Usquequo / Quousque Thorpe; quousque / usquequo Thorpe; avertis / ~tes Thorpe. 2: animam meam / anima mea Thorpe. 4: morte / ~tem PR (AMS*D2Q, others ~te), ~te beta gamma moz med. 5: Nequando / equando ms. 6: sperabo / ~avi Thorpe; altissimi / ~ime PR, ~imi KBCH alpha delta* zeta eta moz med Ga.
arg: David / dafid ms. 5: Þy / y ms.; strengra / ~ga ms.
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Ða David þysne twelftan sealm sang, þa seofode he to Drihtne on þam sealme be his feondum, ægþer ge gastlicum ge lichamlicum. And swa deð ælc þæra þe hine singð. And swa dyde Crist be Iudeum and be deoflum. And swa dyde Ezechias se cyng be Assiriam, þa hi hine ymbseten hæfdon on þære byrig.