Sealm 6 - Anglo-Saxon Psalms c.890-950 ADSealm VI 1 Drihten, ne þrea þu me on þinum yrre, ne on þinre hatheortnesse ne swenc me. 2 Ac miltsa me, Dryhten, for þam ic eom unhal; and gehæl me for þam eall min mægn and eal min ban synt gebrytt and gedrefed, 3 and min sawl and min mod ys swyðe gedrefed. Eala, Drihten, hu lange wylt þu þæt hit on ðam sy? 4 Gehwyrf la, Drihten, to me and alys mine sawle, and gedo me halne for ðinre mildheornesse. 5 For ðam þa deadan þe on helle beoð, þin ne gemunan, ne ðe andetað ne ne heriað, swa swa we doð. 6 Ic swince on minre granunge, and ælce niht on minum bedde ic sice and wepe, and hwilum min bedd wæte mid tearum. 7 Mine eagan synt gedrefede for yrre and ic eom forealdod betweoh eallum minum feondum. 8 Gewitað fram me ealle þa þe unriht wyrcað, for ðam þe Drihten hyrde mine wependan stefne, 9 and God gehyrde mine healsunge, and Drihten onfeng min gebed. 10 Sceamian heora for ði and syn gedrefede ealle mine fynd, and gan hy on earsling, and sceamien heora swiðe hrædlice. |
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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