[Cadno]

According to the BBC website - This gold strip carries the Latin inscription: “Rise up O Lord, and may thy enemies be dispersed and those who hate thee be driven from thy face.” It has two sources, the Book of Numbers or Psalm 67, taken from the Vulgate, the Bible used by the Saxons.

[agere_contra]

Yes! Thanks for the confirmation.

[agere_contra]

Ah, but it turns out the letters on the gold strip are in a sans-serif font with automated kerning.

It couldn’t have been created in the 7th Century: it’s a clumsy forgery from Kinko’s.

[Just mythoughts]

According to the BBC website - This gold strip carries the Latin inscription: “Rise up O Lord, and may thy enemies be dispersed and those who hate thee be driven from thy face.” It has two sources, the Book of Numbers or Psalm 67, taken from the Vulgate, the Bible used by the Saxons.

Well the first 'edition' did not http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/staffordshire/8272058.stm @ 10:33 GMT. It had this under the picture of the gold band... This gold strip with a Biblical inscription is one of 1,500 items in the hoard

But at a later 'edition' at 12:29 GMT has been updated to included what you posted under the picture. Reason why I asked the initial question about what the inscription quoted.

[colorado tanker]

That inscription would indeed suggest Christian Northumbrian origin. Perhaps during a hasty retreat?