Sealm 122 - Anglo-Saxon Psalms c.890-950 ADSealm 121 1 Ic on ðyssum eom eallum bliðe, þæt me cuðlice to acweden syndon, and on Godes hus gange syððan. 2 Wæron fæststealle fotas mine on þinum cafertunum, þær ure cyðð wæs, on Hierusalem geara ærest. 3 Hierusalem, geara ðu wære swa swa cymlic ceaster getimbred, þær syndon dælas on sylfre hire. 4 Þær cneorisse cende wæron cynn æfter cynne; cuðan þa Drihten and on þære gewitnesse wæran Israelas, þe his naman neode sceoldon him andetnes æghwær habban. 5 Oft hi þær on seldon sæton æt domum; þu eart ðonne dema, Dauides hus, þæt on heofenum siteþ heah gestaðelod. 6 Biddað eow bealde beorhtere sibbe, ða ðe on Hierusalem gōde syndan; and geniht agun, þa þe neode þe on heora lufun lustum healdað. 7 Si þe on þinum mægene sib mæst and fyrmest, and on þinum torrum wese tidum genihtsum. 8 For mine broðru ic bidde nu, and mine þa neahstan nemne swylce þæt we sibbe on ðe symble habbon. 9 And ic for mines Godes huse georne þingie, and to minum Drihtne deorum sece, þæt ic gōd æt him begitan mote. |
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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