Sealm 1 - Anglo-Saxon Psalms c.890-950 ADThe Prose Psalms of King Alfred (ca. 890-899 AD) Selames 1—50 Sealm I 1 Eadig byð se wer þe ne gæð on geþeaht unrihtwisra, ne on þam wege ne stent synfulra, ne on heora wolbærendum setle ne sitt; 2 ac his willa byð on Godes æ, and ymb his æ he byð smeagende dæges and nihtes. 3 Him byð swa þam treowe þe byð aplantod neah wætera rynum, þæt sylð his wæstmas to rihtre tide; and his leaf and his blæda ne fealwiað ne ne seariað. Swa byð þam men þe we ær ymbspræcon: eall him cymð to gōde þæt þæt he deð. 4 Ac þa unrihtwisan ne beoð na swylce, ne him eac swa ne limpð; ac hi beoð duste gelicran þonne hit wind toblæwð. 5 Þy ne arisað þa unrihtwisan on Domesdæg, ne þa synfullan ne beoð on geþeahte þæra rihtwisena, 6 for þam God wat hwylce weg þa rihtwisan geearnedon, ac þa unrihtwisan cumað to witum. |
The first 50 psalms are credited to King Alfred the Great and were written in c.890-899 AD, and the last 100 psalms were translated c.900-950 AD by an unknown poet.
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