Sealm 125 - Anglo-Saxon Psalms c.890-950 ADSealm 124 1 Þa þe on Drihten heora dædum getreowað, hi beoð on Sionbeorge swyþe gelice; ne mæg hine on ealdre ænig onhreran þe eardfæst byð on Hierusalem. 2 Hi synd mundbeorgas micle ymbutan; haldeð heora ymbhwyrft ece Drihten of ðisson nu awa to worulde. 3 Næfre forlæteð lifes Drihten firenfulra tan furðor gangan, þonne he soðfæstra settan wylle. 4 Ne he soðfæste swylce læteð, þæt hi to unrihte ahwær willen handum ræcean, ac he him hraþe gyldeð; 5 do þu, Drihten, wel þam þe gedefe her hiora heortan riht healdað mid gōde. Þa ðe gearwe beoð to gramum bendum, eft hi gelædeð ece Drihten mid þæm þe unriht æghwær wyrceað; sibb si Israhelum symble ofer ealle. |
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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