Sealm 43 - Anglo-Saxon Psalms c.890-950 ADSealm 42 1 Dem me, Dryhten, and do sum toscead betwuh me and unrihtwisum folce, and from facenfullum menn and unrihtwisum gefriða me, 2 for þam þu eart min God and min mægen. For hwy awyrpst þu me, and hwi lætst þu me gan unrotne, þonne mine fynd me drecceað? 3 Send þin leoht and þine soðfæstnesse, þa me geogeara læddon, þæt hy me nu gyt gelædan to þinum halgan munte, inon þin halge templ, 4 þæt ic þonne gange to þinum altere and to þam Gode þe me bliðne gedyde on minum geogoðhade. Ic þe andette, Dryhten, mid sange and mid hearpan. 5 Hwy eart þu unrot, min sawl, oþþe hwi gedrefest þu me? Hopa to Drihtne, for þam ic hine gyt andette; for þam þu eart, God, min hælend and min Dryhten. |
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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