Sealm 63 - Anglo-Saxon Psalms c.890-950 ADSealm 62 1 God min, God min, ic þe gearuwe to æt leohte gehwam lustum wacie. Min sawl on ðe swyðe þyrsteð and min flæsc on ðe fæste getreoweð. 2 On westene and on wege swylce and on wæterflodum wene ic swiðe, þæt ic ðe on halgum her ætywe, þæt ic þin wuldur and mægen wis sceawige. 3 Ys þin milde mod micele betere þonne þis læne lif þe we lifiað on; weleras ðe mine wynnum heriað. 4 Swa ic ðe on minum life lustum bletsige and ic on naman þinum neode swylce mine handa þwea halgum gelome. 5 Ys sawl min swetes gefylled, swa seo fætte gelynd, fægeres smeoruwes; weleras mine wynnum swylce þinne naman nu ða neode heriað. 6 Swa ic þin gemynd on modsefan on minre reste rihte begange, and on ærmergen on ðe eac gewene, 7 forðon þu me on fultum fæste gestode. Ic beo fægere beþeaht fiðerum þinum and hiht on ðon hæbbe georne, 8 forðon min sawl on ðe soðe getreoweþ; me ðin seo swiðre onfencg symble æt ðearfe. 9 Forðon hi on idel ealle syððan sohton synlice sawle mine, and geond eorðscræfu eodon geneahhe; 10 nu hi wæran geseald under sweordes hand, syndon fracuðe nu foxes dælas. 11 Kynincg sceal on Drihtne clæne blisse hluttre habban, and hine heriað eac ealle þa ðe on hine aðas sweriað; for þon synt gemyrde muðas ealle þa unriht sprecað ahwær landes. |
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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