Sealm 71 - Anglo-Saxon Psalms c.890-950 ADSealm 70 1 Ic on þe, god Drihten, gearuwe gewene; ne weorðe ic on ealdre æfre gescended; 2 þu me sniome alys þuruh þine þa swiþeran miht. Ahyld me þin eare to holde mode, and me lustum alys; 3 and me lungre weorð on God Drihten georne þeccend and on trume stowe, þæt þu me teala hæle. For þon þu me, god, wære geara trymmend, freoða fultumiend; 4 alys me feondum nu, and me of folmum afere firenwyrcendra, þe þine æ efnan nellað; syndon unrihtes ealle wyrcende. 5 For þon þu me eart fæle geþyld fæste, Drihten wære me on geoguðe hyht gleaw æt frymðe. 6 Ic of modur hrife mundbyrd on þe þriste hæfde; þu eart þeccend min; on þe ic singge nu symble and geneahhie. 7 Ic eom swa forebeacen folce manegum, and þu me eart fultum strang fæste æt þearfe. 8 Sy min muð and min mod mægene gefylled, þæt ic þin lof mæge lustum singan and wuldur þin wide mærsian and þe ealne dæg æghwær herian. 9 Ne aweorp þu me, wuldres ealdor, þonne me ylde tid on gesige; þonne me mægen and mod mylte on hreðre, ne forlæt þu me, lifiende god. 10 Oft me feala cwædon feondas yfele, and sætendan sawle minre and on anre geþeaht eodan togædere. 11 Cweþað cuðlice: “Wuton cunnian, hwænne hine god læte swa swa gymeleasne; þonne we hine forgripen and his geara ehtan; syþþan he ne hæbbe helpend ænne.” 12 Ne ofgif þu me huru, god ælmihtig; beseoh þu me, soð god, symble on fultum. 13 Beoð gedrette, eac gescende, þa mine sawle ær swyþust tældun; byð þam scand and sceamu þe me syrwedan yfel. 14 Ic me symble on God swiðost getreowige, ofer eall þin lof lengest hihte. 15 Min muð sægeð þine mægenspede and þin soðfæst weorc swyþust mæreð, sægeð þe ealne dæg ece hælu. For þon ic ne ongeat grame ceapunga, 16 ac ic on þine þa myclan mihte gange. Ic þine soðfæstnesse geman symble, Drihten; 17 þu me ara, god, ærest lærdest of geoguðhade; nu ic eom gomel wintrum. 18 A ic wundor þin weorþlic sægde, and ic þæt wið oryldu awa fremme; ne forlæt þu me, lifigende god, Oð ðæt ic þines earmes eall asecge stiþe strencðe þisse cneorisse, eallum þam teohhe, þe nu toweard ys, Þines mihtes þrym, 19 and þæt mære soð, þæt ðu on heofenum, god, heah geworhtest wundur wræclicu; nis þe, wuldres cyning, ænig æfre gelic, ece Drihten. 20 Oft þu me ætywdest earfoðes feala on costunge cuðra manna, and me yfela feala oft oncnyssedest; þonne þu yrre þin eft oncyrdest and me of neowelnesse eft neoðan alysdest þysse eorðan, þe we on buiað. 21 Ðær þu þin soðfæst weorc sniome tobræddest, þonne þu gehwyrfdest and hulpe min, and me getrymedest þæt ic teala mihte; 22 for þon ic þe andette, ece Drihten, and þe on sealmfatum singe be hearpan, Israela God, ece and halig. 23 Mine weleras gefeoð, wynnum lofiað, þonne ic þe singe, sigora wealdend, and min sawl eac, þa þu sylf lysdest. 24 Swylce min tunge tidum mærde þin soðfæst weorc; scende wæron ealle þe me yfel to ær gesohton. |
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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