Sealm 114 - Anglo-Saxon Psalms c.890-950 ADSealm CXIII [113:1-8] 1 Þa ut eode Israheles cynn and of Ægyptum ealle foran Iacobes hus of gramum folce, þa elreordige ealle wæron. 2 Þa wæs geworden werude Iudea, þæt heo hæl gehlutan haliges syþþan; hæfdan ealdurdom ofer Israhelas, mihta mære and mycel rice. 3 Swa heo sæ geseah, he hio sniome fleah, for him Iordanen gengde on hinder. 4 Hæfdan þær beorgas bliðe sæle and rammum þa restan gelice; wæron geswyru swyðe on blisse, swa on sceapum beoð sceone lambru. 5 Hwæt wæs þe, sæ swiþa forhwan fluge þu swa? oððe þu, Iordanen, for hwi gengdest on bæcling? 6 Beorgas wæron bliðe, gebærdon swa rammas; wurdan gesweoru on seledreame, swa on sceapum beoð sceone lambru. 7 For ansyne ecan Dryhtnes þeos eorþe sceal eall abifigan and for Iacobes Gode geara forhtigean. 8 He wendeð stan on widne mere, and clifu cyrreð on cwicu swylce wæteres wellan mid his gewealdendre hand. |
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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