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David sang þysne fiftigoðan sealm, hreowsiende for ðam ærendum þe Nathan se witga him sæde, þæt wæs þæt he hæfde gesyngod wið Ureus þone Cyðþiscan þa he hine beswac for his wifes þingum, þære nama wæs Bersabe. And eac he witgode on þam sealme be Israela folce, hy hy sceoldon hreowsian hyra hæftnyd on Babilonia, and eac be Sancte Paule þam apostole, and be ælcum rihtwisum men he witgode hu hy sceoldon syngian and eft hreowsian. He cwæð:
| 3(1)] Miserere mei, Deus, secundum magnam misericordiam tuam, | 3] Miltsa me, Drihten, æfter þinre mycelan mildheortnesse, |
| (2)] Et secundum multitudinem miserationum tuarum dele iniquitatem meam. | And æften þære menigu þinra mildheortnessa adilega mine unrihtwisnessa. |
| 4(3)] Amplius lava me ab iniustitia mea, et a delicto meo munda me. | 4] And aðweah me clænran from minum unrihtwisnessum þonne ic ær ðysse scylde wæs, and of þysse scamleasan scylde geclænsa me. |
| 5(4)] Quoniam iniquitatem meam ego agnosco, et delictum meum coram me est semper. | 5] Forþam mine unryhtwisnessa ic ongyte, and mina synna beoð symle beforan me on minum gemynde. |
| 6(5)] Tibi soli peccavi, et malum coram te feci, ut iustificeris in sermonibus tuis, et vincas dum iudicaris. | 6] Wið þe ænne ic gesyngode, and ic dyde yfel beforan ðe. Wið þe ænne ic sceal þæt beta n, forþæm þu ana eart rihtwis, and oferswiðest ealle þonne ðu demst. |
| 7(6)] Ecce enim in iniquitatibus conceptus sum, et in delictis peperit me mater mea. | 7] Nis hit nan wundor þeah þu sy god and ic yfel, forðam þu wast þæt ic wæs mid unrihtwisnesse onfangen, and min modor me gebær mid synne. |
| 8(7)] Ecce enim veritatem dilexisti; incerta et occulta sapientie tue manifestasti michi. | 8] Ic wat þæt þu symle lufast rihtwisnesse, and me sealdest mægena gyfa ðines wisdomes. Þa gyfa synt beheleda and uncuþa manegum oðrum. |
| 9(8)] Asperges me hysopo, et mundabor; lavabis me, et super nivem dealbabor. | 9] Ac bespreng me nu mid þinum haligdome swa swa mid ysopon, þæt ic beo geclænsod; and aðweah me, þæt ic sy hwitra þonne snaw. |
| 10(9)] Auditui meo dabis gaudium et letitiam, et exultabunt ossa humiliata. | 10] Syle minre gehyrnesse gefean and blisse, þæt ic gehyre þæt ic wylle, and eac oðre gehyron be me þæt þæt ic wilnige, swa swa hy ær gehyrdon þæt þæt ic nolde; þæt þonne mæge unrote mod blissian. |
9: Asperges / ~parges Roman Psalter (AMN*S2C, most others ~perges), ~perges med eta ; hysopo / hysso~ Thorpe.
arg: first eac / heac ms. Thorpe; apostole / Apostle Thorpe . (aple, the l being crossed, ms.) 5: unryhtwisnessa / unriht~ Thorpe Bright and Ramsay 7: min / mi ms. 8: mægena / Bright and Ramsay emends to mænega; uncuþa / ~þe Thorpe.
Manegold 752: Ossa, id est, firmamentum animæ meæ, virtutes, scilicet, quæ prius humiliata erant.
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David sang þysne fiftigoðan sealm, hreowsiende for ðam ærendum þe Nathan se witga him sæde, þæt wæs þæt he hæfde gesyngod wið Ureus þone Cyðþiscan þa he hine beswac for his wifes þingum, þære nama wæs Bersabe. And eac he witgode on þam sealme be Israela folce, hy hy sceoldon hreowsian hyra hæftnyd on Babilonia, and eac be Sancte Paule þam apostole, and be ælcum rihtwisum men he witgode hu hy sceoldon syngian and eft hreowsian. He cwæð:
3(1)] Miserere mei, Deus, secundum magnam misericordiam tuam,
3] Miltsa me, Drihten, æfter þinre mycelan mildheortnesse,
(2)] Et secundum multitudinem miserationum tuarum dele iniquitatem meam.
And æften þære menigu þinra mildheortnessa adilega mine unrihtwisnessa.
4(3)] Amplius lava me ab iniustitia mea, et a delicto meo munda me.
4] And aðweah me clænran from minum unrihtwisnessum þonne ic ær ðysse scylde wæs, and of þysse scamleasan scylde geclænsa me.
5(4)] Quoniam iniquitatem meam ego agnosco, et delictum meum coram me est semper.
5] Forþam mine unryhtwisnessa ic ongyte, and mina synna beoð symle beforan me on minum gemynde.
6(5)] Tibi soli peccavi, et malum coram te feci, ut iustificeris in sermonibus tuis, et vincas dum iudicaris.
6] Wið þe ænne ic gesyngode, and ic dyde yfel beforan ðe. Wið þe ænne ic sceal þæt beta n, forþæm þu ana eart rihtwis, and oferswiðest ealle þonne ðu demst.
7(6)] Ecce enim in iniquitatibus conceptus sum, et in delictis peperit me mater mea.
7] Nis hit nan wundor þeah þu sy god and ic yfel, forðam þu wast þæt ic wæs mid unrihtwisnesse onfangen, and min modor me gebær mid synne.
8(7)] Ecce enim veritatem dilexisti; incerta et occulta sapientie tue manifestasti michi.
8] Ic wat þæt þu symle lufast rihtwisnesse, and me sealdest mægena gyfa ðines wisdomes. Þa gyfa synt beheleda and uncuþa manegum oðrum.
9(8)] Asperges me hysopo, et mundabor; lavabis me, et super nivem dealbabor.
9] Ac bespreng me nu mid þinum haligdome swa swa mid ysopon, þæt ic beo geclænsod; and aðweah me, þæt ic sy hwitra þonne snaw.
10(9)] Auditui meo dabis gaudium et letitiam, et exultabunt ossa humiliata.
10] Syle minre gehyrnesse gefean and blisse, þæt ic gehyre þæt ic wylle, and eac oðre gehyron be me þæt þæt ic wilnige, swa swa hy ær gehyrdon þæt þæt ic nolde; þæt þonne mæge unrote mod blissian.
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