Sealm 101 - Anglo-Saxon Psalms c.890-950 ADSealm 100 1 Mildheortnesse and dom mihtigan Drihtnes singe and secge, 2 and soð ongyte on unwemmum wege, hwænne þu me wylle to. Ic mid unbealuwe ealre heortan þurh ðin hus middan halig eode. 3 Ne sette ic me fore eagum yfele wisan; ealle ic feode facnes wyrcend, 4 næs me wyngesið wiðerweard heorte. Ic awyrgde fram me wende and cyrde; nolde ic hiora andgit ænig habban, 5 þe tælnessa teonan geneahhige wið heora þam nehstan nið ahofan; þara ic ehte ealra mid niðe. Oferhydegum eagum, unsædre heortan, nolde ic mid þæm men minne mete ðicgean. 6 Ofer geleaffulle eorðbugende eagan mine georne sceawedun, hwær ic tirfæste treowe funde, þa me symble mid sæton and eodon; he me holdlice her ðegnade. 7 Ne eardað on midle mines huses, þe oferhygd up ahebbe oþþe unriht cweþan elne wille. 8 Ic on morgenne ofslea mānes wyrhtan ealle þe unriht elne worhtan and fyrena fela gefremed habbað; ealle ic þa of Drihtnes drife ceastre. |
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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