Sealm 77 - Anglo-Saxon Psalms c.890-950 ADSealm 76 1 Ic mid stefne ongann styrman to Drihtne, and he me gehyrde and beheold sona. 2 Ic on earfoðdæge ecne Drihten sohte mid handum swyþe geneahhe, and ic on niht for him neode eode; næs ic on þam siðe beswicen awiht. And ic swiðe wiðsoc sawle minre fælre frofre; 3 þa ic fæste god gemyndgade, þær ic hæfde mæstne hiht. Swyðe ic begangen wæs and min sylfes gast wæs hwonlice ormod worden, 4 wæron eagan mine eac mid wæcceum werded swyþe; ne spræc ic worda feala. 5 Þa ic ealde dagas eft geþohte, hæfde me ece gear ealle on mode. 6 Ic þa mid heortan ongann hycggean nihtes; wæs min gast on me georne gebysgad. 7 Þa ic sylfa cwæð: “Ic to soðe wat, nele þis ece God æfre toweorpan ne us witnian for his weldædum, 8 oððe wiþ ende æfre to worulde his milde mod mannum afyrran on woruldlife wera cneorissum. 9 Ne byð æfre god ungemyndig, þæt he miltsige manna cynne, oþþe on yrre æfre wille his milde mod mannum dyrnan.” 10 And ic selfa cwæð: “Nu ic sona ongann þas geunwendnes wenan ærest þara hean handa haligan Drihtnes, 11 weorca wræclicra worda gemyndig, þæt he æt fruman wundor fæger geworhte.” 12 Þa ic metegian ongan mænigra weorca, hu ic me on eallum þam eaðust geheolde; on eallum þinum weorcum ic wæs smeagende, swylce ic on þinum gehylde sylf begangen. 13 Ys weruda god on wege halgum; hwylc is mihtig god butan ure se mæra god? 14 þu eart ana god, þe æghwylc miht wundor gewyrcean on woruldlife. Eft þu þine mihte mænige cyðdest folcum on foldan; 15 þu wiðferedes eac Israhela bearn of Ægyptum. 16 Hwæt, þe, wuldres god, wæter sceawedon and þe gesawon sealte yþa; forhte wurdan flodas gedrefde, wæs sweg micel sealtera wætera. 17 Sealdon weorðlice wolcnas stefne þurh þine stræle strange foran; 18 wæs þunurradstefn strang on hweole. Þonne ligette lixan cwoman, eall ymbhwyrft eorðan onhrerdan. 19 Wærun wegas þine on widne sæ and þine stige ofer strang wæter; ne bið þær eþe þin spor on to findanne. 20 Folc þin ðu feredest swa fæle sceap þurh Moyses mihtige handa and Aarones ealle gesunde. |
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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