Sealm 46 - Anglo-Saxon Psalms c.890-950 ADSealm 45 1 Dryhten ys ure gebeorh and ure mægen and ure fultumend on earfoðum þa us swiðe swiðlice oft on becomon. 2 For þam we us ne ondrædað, þeah eall eorðe sy gedrefedu, and þeah þa muntas syn aworpene on midde þa sæ. 3 Ure fynd coman swa egeslice to us þæt us ðuhte for þam geþune þæt sio eorþe eall cwacode; and hy wæron, þeah, sona afærde fram Gode swyþor þonne we, and þa upahafenan kynincgas swa þær muntas wæron eac gedrefde for þæs Godes strenge. 4 Þa wæs geblissod seo Godes burh on Hierusalem for þam cyme þæs scures þe hy geclæsnode; se hyhsta gehalgode his templ inon þære byrig. 5 For þam ne wyrð seo burh næfre onwend, þa hwile þe God byð unonwendedlic on hire midle. God hyre gehealp swyþe ær on morgen. 6 And gedrefed wæron þa elðeodgan folc, and hiora rice wæs gehnæged; se hyhsta sende his word and gehwyrfed wæs ure land and ure folc to beteran, and hi and heora land to wyrsan. 7 Drihten, mægena God, ys mid us, and ure andfengend is Iacobes God. 8 Cumað and gesioð Godes weorc and his wundru þe he wyrcð ofer eorðan. 9 He afierð fram us ælc gefeoht ut ofer ure landgemæru, and forbrycð ura feonda bogan, and eall heora wæpn gebryt, and heora scyldas forbærnð. (Þa andswarode God þæs witgan mode and cwæð eft þurh þone witgan:) 10 “Geæmetgiað eow nu, and gesioð þæt ic eom ana God and me nu upahebbe ofer ða elðeodegan folc, and eac on þysum folce ic beo nu upahæfen.” 11 Dryhten, mægena God, ys mid us, and ure andfengend ys Iacobes God. |
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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