The Old Ways

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Fragments of Psalms: Psalm 34

Old English originals (Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records)

Iudica, domine, nocentes me; expugna inpugnantes me. Dem, drihten, nu þa me deredon ær, afeoht swylce þa me fuhtan to. Adprehende arma et scutum, et exsurge in adiutorium michi. Gegrip gar and scyld, and me georne gestand on fultume wið feonda gryre. Effunde frameam et conclude aduersus eos qui me persecuntur; dic anime m æ æ , Salus tua ego sum. Heald me herewæpnum wið unholdum and wige beluc wraðum feondum þe min ehtend ealle syndon; sæge þonne syððan sawle minre þæt ðu hire on hæle hold gestode.