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Ðysne eahtateoðan sealm David sang Gode to þancunga his mislicra and manigfealdra gesceafta, ðe he gesceop mannum to ðeowianne, forðy þæt þa men sceoldon him ðeowian; be þæm he cwæð.
| 2(1)] Celi enarrant gloriam Dei, et opera manuum eius adnuntiat firmamentum. | 2] Heofonas bodiað Godes wuldor, and his handgeweorc bodiað þone rodor. |
| 3(2)] Dies diei eructuat verbum, et nox nocti indicat scientiam. | 3] Se dæg segð þam oðrum dæge Godes wundru, and seo niht þære nihte cyð Godes wisdom. |
| 4(3)] Non sunt loquele neque sermones quorum non audientur voces eorum. | 4] Nis nan folc on eorðan ne nan mennisc geþeode þe ne gehyre mistlica Godes gesceafta. |
| 5(4)] In omnem terram exivit sonus eorum, et in fines orbis terrae verba eorum. | 5] Ofer ealle eorðan færð heora stemn; ofer ealle eorðan endas heora word. |
| 6(5)] In sole posuit tabernaculum suum, et ipse tamquam sponsus procedens de thalamo suo. | 6] Drihten timbrede his templ on þære sunnan. Seo sunne arist swiðe ær on morgen up swa swa brydguma of his brydbure, |
| (6)] Exultavit ut gigans ad currendam viam; 7] a summo celo egressio eius, et occursus eius usque ad summum eius, nec est qui se abscondat a calore eius. | And heo yrnð swa egeslice on hyre weg swa swa gigant yrnð on his weg. 7] Heo stihð oð þæs heofenes heanesse, and þanon astihð, and swa yrnð ymbutan oð heo eft þyder cymð; ne mæg hine nan man behydan wið hire hæto. |
| 8(7)] Lex Domini inreprehensibilis, convertens animas; testimonium Domini fidele, sapientiam prestans parvulis. | 8] Godes æ is swiðe unleahtorwyrðe, forþæm heo hwyrfð manna mod and heora sawla to Gode. Godes bebod is swiðe getrywe. |
| 9] Iustitie Domini recte, letificantes corda; preceptum Domini lucidum, inluminans oculos. | 9] Godes rihtwisnessa synt swiðe rihta, forþæm hy geblissiað manna heortan. Godes bebod is swiðe leoht; hit onliht þa eagan ægþer ge modes ge lichaman. |
| 10(8)] Timor Domini sanctus, permanens in seculum seculi; iudicia Dei vera iustificata in semetipsa, | 10] Godes ege is swiðe halig; he þurhwunað a worlda world. Godes domas synt swiðe soðe; hi synt gerihtwisode on him sylfum. |
| 11(9)] Desiderabilia super aurum et lapidem pretiosum multum, et dulciora super mel et favum. | 11] Hy synt ma to lufianne þonne gold oððe deorwurðe gimmas, and hi synt swetran ðonne hunig oððe beobread. |
| 12(10)] Nam et servus tuus custodiet ea; in custodiendo illa retributio multa. | 12] Forþæm ðin ðeow hi hylt. On heora gehyldnesse is mænig edlean. |
| 13(11)] Delicta quis intellegit? Ab occultis meis munda me, Domine, 14] et ab alienis parce servo tuo. | 13] Hwa ongyt his uncysta? From þæm ðe me beholen synt geclænsa me, Drihten, 14] and from ælðeodegum feondum spara me, þinne ðeow, Drihten. |
| (12)] Si mei non fuerint dominati, tunc inmaculatus ero, et emundabor a delicto maximo. | Gif mine fynd ne ricsiað ofer me, þonne beo ic unwemme, and beo geclænsod from þæm mæstum scyldum; ac gif hi me abysgiað, þonne ne mæg ic smeagan mine unscylda, ne eac ðinne willan ne mæg smeagan to wyrcanne. |
| 15(13)] Et erunt ut conplaceant eloquia oris mei, et meditatio cordis mei in conspectu tuo semper. | 15] Gif ðu me þonne fram him alyst, ðonne sprece ic þæt þe licað, and mines modes smeaung byð symle beforan ðinre ansyne. |
| 16(14)] Domine, adiutor meus et redemptor meus. | 16] Drihten, þu eart min fultum and min alysend. |
3: eructuat / ~tat Thorpe . 6: gigans / gigas Thorpe . 10: permanens / So Thorpe, ms. has permane followed by the second stroke on an n, ~net Roman Psalter, ~nens H*MSKT* alpha beta gamma delta zeta eta mozc Ga. 12: custodiendo / So Roman Psalter, custo ms., custodiendis Thorpe . 13: intellegit / ~igit Thorpe .
arg: David / dafid ms.; ðeowianne / ðeowian, ne Thorpe Bright and Ramsay. 4: gehyre / gyre ms. Thorpe, gyrre Bright and Ramsay 5: second ofer / fer ms. 6: gigant / glossed .i. ent (Bright and Ramsay interprets gigent.) 9: rihta / ~te Thorpe ; hy / he Thorpe .
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Ðysne eahtateoðan sealm David sang Gode to þancunga his mislicra and manigfealdra gesceafta, ðe he gesceop mannum to ðeowianne, forðy þæt þa men sceoldon him ðeowian; be þæm he cwæð.
2(1)] Celi enarrant gloriam Dei, et opera manuum eius adnuntiat firmamentum.
2] Heofonas bodiað Godes wuldor, and his handgeweorc bodiað þone rodor.
3(2)] Dies diei eructuat verbum, et nox nocti indicat scientiam.
3] Se dæg segð þam oðrum dæge Godes wundru, and seo niht þære nihte cyð Godes wisdom.
4(3)] Non sunt loquele neque sermones quorum non audientur voces eorum.
4] Nis nan folc on eorðan ne nan mennisc geþeode þe ne gehyre mistlica Godes gesceafta.
5(4)] In omnem terram exivit sonus eorum, et in fines orbis terrae verba eorum.
5] Ofer ealle eorðan færð heora stemn; ofer ealle eorðan endas heora word.
6(5)] In sole posuit tabernaculum suum, et ipse tamquam sponsus procedens de thalamo suo.
6] Drihten timbrede his templ on þære sunnan. Seo sunne arist swiðe ær on morgen up swa swa brydguma of his brydbure,
(6)] Exultavit ut gigans ad currendam viam; 7] a summo celo egressio eius, et occursus eius usque ad summum eius, nec est qui se abscondat a calore eius.
And heo yrnð swa egeslice on hyre weg swa swa gigant yrnð on his weg. 7] Heo stihð oð þæs heofenes heanesse, and þanon astihð, and swa yrnð ymbutan oð heo eft þyder cymð; ne mæg hine nan man behydan wið hire hæto.
8(7)] Lex Domini inreprehensibilis, convertens animas; testimonium Domini fidele, sapientiam prestans parvulis.
8] Godes æ is swiðe unleahtorwyrðe, forþæm heo hwyrfð manna mod and heora sawla to Gode. Godes bebod is swiðe getrywe.
9] Iustitie Domini recte, letificantes corda; preceptum Domini lucidum, inluminans oculos.
9] Godes rihtwisnessa synt swiðe rihta, forþæm hy geblissiað manna heortan. Godes bebod is swiðe leoht; hit onliht þa eagan ægþer ge modes ge lichaman.
10(8)] Timor Domini sanctus, permanens in seculum seculi; iudicia Dei vera iustificata in semetipsa,
10] Godes ege is swiðe halig; he þurhwunað a worlda world. Godes domas synt swiðe soðe; hi synt gerihtwisode on him sylfum.
11(9)] Desiderabilia super aurum et lapidem pretiosum multum, et dulciora super mel et favum.
11] Hy synt ma to lufianne þonne gold oððe deorwurðe gimmas, and hi synt swetran ðonne hunig oððe beobread.
12(10)] Nam et servus tuus custodiet ea; in custodiendo illa retributio multa.
12] Forþæm ðin ðeow hi hylt. On heora gehyldnesse is mænig edlean.
13(11)] Delicta quis intellegit? Ab occultis meis munda me, Domine, 14] et ab alienis parce servo tuo.
13] Hwa ongyt his uncysta? From þæm ðe me beholen synt geclænsa me, Drihten, 14] and from ælðeodegum feondum spara me, þinne ðeow, Drihten.
(12)] Si mei non fuerint dominati, tunc inmaculatus ero, et emundabor a delicto maximo.
Gif mine fynd ne ricsiað ofer me, þonne beo ic unwemme, and beo geclænsod from þæm mæstum scyldum; ac gif hi me abysgiað, þonne ne mæg ic smeagan mine unscylda, ne eac ðinne willan ne mæg smeagan to wyrcanne.
15(13)] Et erunt ut conplaceant eloquia oris mei, et meditatio cordis mei in conspectu tuo semper.
15] Gif ðu me þonne fram him alyst, ðonne sprece ic þæt þe licað, and mines modes smeaung byð symle beforan ðinre ansyne.
16(14)] Domine, adiutor meus et redemptor meus.
16] Drihten, þu eart min fultum and min alysend.
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