Sealm 70 - Anglo-Saxon Psalms c.890-950 ADSealm 69 1 Wes, Drihten God, deore fultum; beheald, Drihten, me, and me hraðe syþþan gefultuma æt feorhþearfe. 2 Þonne beoð gescende and scame dreogað, þa þe mine fynd fæcne wæron and mine sawle sohton mid niðe. Hi on hinderlincg hweorfað and cyrrað; ealle hiora scamien, þe me yfel hogedon. 3 And heora æfstu eac ealle sceamien, þe me word cwædon: “Weg la, weg la!” 4 Habban þa mid wynne weorðe blisse, þa þe secean symble Drihten, and symble cweðen: “Sy þin miht, Drihten!” and þine hælu holde lufigean. 5 Ic eom wædla and worldþearfa; gefultuma me, god, frea ælmihtig. Þu me fultum eart fæste, Drihten, eart alysend min; ne lata þu awiht. |
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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