Sealm 52 - Anglo-Saxon Psalms c.890-950 ADThe Metric Psalms (anonymous) (ca. 910-950 AD) Selames 51—150 Sealm 51 1-6 [Missing from manuscript] 7 ... fore ænigre egesan næfde ne him fultum þær fæstne gelyfde; ac he on his welan spede wræste getruwode, and on idel gylp ealra geornost. 8 Ic þonne swa elebeam up weaxende on Godes huse ece gewene, and on milde mod mines Drihtnes, and me þæt to worulde wat to helpe. 9 Ic þe andette awa to feore on þære worulde ðe þu gewohtest her; forþan þu eart se gooda, gleaw on gesyhðe, þe þinne held curan, þara haligra. |
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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