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3Dauid wæs haten diormod hælð, Israela bręga, æðelæ and
4rice, cyninga cynost, Criste liofost.
5Wæs he under hiofenum hearpera mærost ðara we an folcum
6gefrigen hæbben.
7Sangere he wæs soðfæstest, swiðe geðancol to ðingienne
8þiodum sinum wið þane mildostan manna sceppend.
9Wæs se dryhtnes ðiowa Dauid æt wige soð sigecempa,
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11casere creaftig, þonne cumbulgebrec on gewinndagum weorðan
12scoldan.
13Hwęðere him geiode, swa ful oft gedeð þætte godferhte gylt
14gefræmmað þurh lichaman lene geðohtas.
15Gelamp þæt him mon ansende saula neriend, witgan mid wordum,
16weorada dominus , and secgan het, selfum
17gecyðan ymb his womdeda waldendes doom, þæt se fruma
18wære his feores sceldig, for ðam þe he Uriam
19het aldre beneman, fromne ferdrinc fere beserode, and him
20Bezabe brohte to wife for gitsunga, þe he
21godes eorre þurh his selfes weorc sona anfunde.
22Him ða ðingode þioda aldor, Dauid georne, and to dryhtne
23gebæd, and his synna hord selfa ontende, gyltas
24georne gode andhette, weoruda dryhtne, and ðus wordum
25spæc: Miltsa ðu me, meahta walden, nu ðu
26wast manna geðohtas, help ðu, hælend min, handgeweorces
27þines anes, ælmehtig god, efter þinre ðære
28miclan mildhiortnesse .
29Ond eac efter menio miltsa ðinra, dryhten weoruda, adilga min
30unriht to forgefenesse gaste minum.

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31Aðweah me of sennum, saule fram wammum, gasta sceppend,
32geltas geclansa, þa ðe ic on aldre æfre gefremede
33ðurh lichaman leðre geðohtas.
34Forðan ic unriht min eal oncnawe , and eac synna gehwær
35selfum æt eagan, firendeda geðrec beforan standeð,
36scelda scinað; forgef me, sceppen min, lifes
37liohtfruma, ðinre lufan blisse.
38Nu ic anum ðe oft syngode, and yfela feola eac gefræmede,
39gelta gramhegdig, ic ðe, gasta breogo, helende
40Crist, helpe bidde, ðæt me forgefene gastes wunde an
41forðgesceaft feran mote, þy ðine wordcwidas
42weorðan gefelde, ðæt ðu ne wilnast weora æniges
43deað; ac ðu synfulle simle lærdes ðæt hio cerrende
44Criste herdon and hiom lif mid ðe langsum begęton, swilce
45ðu æt dome, dryhten, oferswiðdest ealra
46synna cynn, saula neriend.
47Ic on unrihtum eac ðan in synnum geeacnod wæs.
48ðu ðæt ana wast, mæhtig dryhten, hu me modor gebær in
49scame and in sceldum; forgef me, sceppend min,
50ðæt ic fram ðæm synnum selfa gecerre, þa ðe mine
51ældran ær geworhtan and ic selfa eac sioððan beeode.

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52Ac ðu, selua god, soð an lufast; þy ic ðe mid benum biddan
53wille lifes and lisse, liohtes aldor, forðan
54ðu me uncuðe eac ðan derne þinre snetera hord selfa
55ontendes.
56ðu me, meahtig god, milde and bliðe þurh ysopon ealne
57ahluttra, þonne ic geclænsod Criste hero, and
58eac ofer snawe self scinende þinre sibbe lufan sona gemete.
59Ontyn nu, elmehtig, earna hleoðor, þæt min gehernes hehtful
60weorðe on gefean bliðse forðweard to ðe;
61ðanne bioð on wenne, waldend, simle þa gebrocenan ban,
62bilwit dominus , ða þe on hænðum ær hwile wæron.
63Ahwerf nu fram synnum, saula neriend, and fram misdedum minra
64gylta þine ansione, ælmeahtig god, and
65ðurh miltsunga meahta þinra ðu unriht min eall adilga.
66æc ðu, dryhten Crist, clęne hiortan in me, mehtig god,
67modswiðne geðanc to ðolienne ðinne willan and
68to healdenne halige domas, and ðu rihtne gast, rodera
69waldend, in ferðe minum feste geniowa.
70Ne aweorp ðu me, weoruda dryhten, fram ansione ealra þinra
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72aferre, domine, frea ælmeahtig, þinra arna me eal ne
73bescerwe.
74Sæle nu bliðse me, bilewit dominus , þinre hælo heht,
75helm alwihta, and me, lifgende liohtes hiorde,
76gaste ðine, god selfa, getreme, ðæt ic aldorlice a forð
77sioððan to ðinum willan weorðan mote.
78Simle ic ðine weogas wanhogan lærde, ðæt hio arlease eft
79gecerdan to hiora selfra saula hiorde, god
80selfa, to ðe gastes mundberd ðurh sibbe lufan seocan
81scoldan.
82Befreo me an ferðe, fæder mancynnes, fram blodgete and
83bealaniðum, god lifigende, gylta geclansa, helo
84and helpend, hiofenrices weard; ðanne tunge min triowfest
85blissað for ðines selfes soðfestnesse.
86Ontyn nu, waldend god, weoloras mine; swa min muð sioððan
87mæhte ðine and lof georne liodum to bliðse,
88soð sigedryhten, secgende wæs.
89Ic ðe onsegednesse sona brohte, weoruda dryhtne, ðer ðu
90wolde swa, ða ðu þæt ne lufedest, lifes bretta,
91ðæt ic ðe bernelac brengan moste deadra neata,
92dryhtne to willan.
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94lifiende Crist, liicwerðe
95bið se gehnysta gast, hiorte geclansod and
96geeadmeded ingeþancum; ða ðu, ælmæhtig, æfre ne
97æwest.
98Gedoo nu fræmsume frofre ðine to ðinum godan gastes willan,
99ðætte Sione dun sigefest weorðe, and weallas
100Sion wynfęste getremed, Hierusolimę, god lifiende.
101Swa þu, frea meahtig, anfehst siþðan liofwende lac lioda
102þinra, hælend manna; hio ðæt halige cealf
103on wigbed þin willum asettað, liohtes aldor.
104Forgef me, lifigende meotod mancynnes, mæhtig dominus ,
105ðæt ða sorhfullan saule wunde, þa ðe ic on ælde
106uel on giogeðe in flæschaman gefręmed hæbbe leahtra
107hegeleasra, mid lufan þinre gastæ forgeofene
108glidan mote.
109Swæ þingode þiode aldor, Dauid to dryhtne, deda gemyndig,
110þæt hine męhtig god mannum to frofre ðæs
111cynedomes, Crist neriende, waldende god, weorðne munde.
112Forðon he gebette balaniða hord mid eaðmede ingeþance, ða
113ðe he on ferðe gefręmed hæfde, gastes wunde.
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115and us geearnian æce dreamas an lifigendra
116landes wenne.
117Amen.