Sealm 53 - Anglo-Saxon Psalms c.890-950 ADSealm LII (53) 1 On his heortan cwæð unhydig sum, ungleawlice, þætte God nære; heo onsceoniendlice syndon gewordene and heora willan wraðe besmitene. Næs þa gōddoend se þe gōd wiste, ne an furðum ealra wære. 2 Þa of heofenum beseah halig Drihten ofer manna bearn, hwæðer his mihta ða andgyt ænig ealra hæfde, oððe God wolde georne secan. 3 Ealle heo on ane idelnesse symle besegan; þa wæs soð nan mann þe gōd wolde georne wyrcan; ne an furþum ealra wære. 4 Ac ge þæs ealle ne magon andgyt habban þe unrihtes elne wyrceað and min folc fretað swa fælne hlaf, ne hio God wyllað georne ciegan; 5 þær hio forhtigað, frecnes egesan æniges ne þurfon. For þam manna ban mihtig Drihten liste tosceadeð, þa him liciað; beoð þa gehyrwede þe forhycggeað God. 6 Hwylc Israela ece hælu syleð of Sione nymðe sylfa God, þonne he his folc fægere alyseð of hæftnyde, halig Drihten? Þonne Iacob byð on glædum sælum and Israelas ealle bliðe. |
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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