Sealm 47 - Anglo-Saxon Psalms c.890-950 ADSealm 46 1 Wepað nu and heofað, eall orlegu folc, for þam ure God eow hæfð ofercumen; and eac, ge Israhela, hebbað upp eowre handa and fægniað, and myrgað Gode mid wynsumre stemne, 2 for þam he ys swyþe heah God and swyþe andrysnlic, and swiþe micel cynincg ofer ealle oðre godas. 3 He us underþeodde ure folc, and orlega þeoda he alede under ure fet. 4 He us geceas him to yrfeweardnesse and Iacobes cynn þæt he lufode. 5 Drihten astah mid wynsume sange and mid bymena stemne. 6 Ac singað urum Gode and heriað hine; singað, singað, and heriað urne cyning; singað, and heriað hine, 7 for þam he ys God and cynincg ealre eorðan; singað and heriað hine wislice. 8 Dryhten rixað ofer eall cynrynu; Drihten sit ofer his ðam halgan setle. 9 Þa ealdormen ealre eorðan becumað to Abrahames Gode, and beoð him underðydde, for þam he oferswiðde þa strangan kynincgas ofer eorðan, þa þe wæron upahæfene swa þas godas. |
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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