Sealm 123 - Anglo-Saxon Psalms c.890-950 ADSealm 122 1 To þe ic mine eagan hof, ece Drihten, þu þe heofonhamas healdest and wealdest. 2 Efne mine eagan synt ealra gelicast þonne esne bið, þonne ondrysnum his hlaforde hereð and cwemeð. And swa eagan gað earmre þeowenan, þonne heo on hire hlæfdigean handa locað, swa us synt eagan to ðe, ece Drihten, urum þam gōdan Gode; geare lociað, oþþæt us miltsige mihta wealdend. 3 Miltsa us nu ða, mihtig Drihten, miltsa us swylce, for þon we manegum synt forhogednessum hearde gefylde. 4 And we manegum synd manna wordum ure sawl swiðe gefylled mid edwite, oft and geneahhe, and us oferhydige forseoð oft and gelome. |
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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