Sealm 113 - Anglo-Saxon Psalms c.890-950 ADSealm 112 1 Herigean nu cnihtas hælynd Drihten, and naman Dryhtnes neode herigan. 2 Wese nama Dryhtnes neode gebletsad of ðyssan forð awa to worulde. 3 Fram upgange æryst sunnan oðþæt heo wende on westrodur ge sculon Dryhtnes naman dædum herigean. 4 He is ofer ealle ingeþeode se heahsta hæleða cynnes, is ofer heofenas eac ahafen his wuldur. 5 Hwylc ys anlic urum Dryhtne, þam halgan gode, þe on heofonrice eadig eardað, 6 ofer ealle gesyhð, þa eadmedu æghwær begangæð on eorðwege, up on heofenum? 7 He of eorðan mæg þone unagan weccan to willan, and of woruftorde þone þearfendan þriste areccan. 8 And hine on ealdordom upp asettan his folces fruman on fæger lif. 9 Se þe eard seteð unwæstmbærre on modor hus manigra bearna; hio ofer hire suna symblað and blissað. |
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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