Sealm 8 - Anglo-Saxon Psalms c.890-950 ADSealm VIII 1 1 Eala, Drihten, ure God, hu wundorlic þin nama ys geond ealle eorðan, for þam ahefen ys þin myclung ofer heofonas. 2 Ge furðum, of ðæra cilda muðe þe meolc sucað, þu byst hered. Þæt hi doð to bysmore þinum feondum, for ðam þu towyrpest þine fynd and ealle þa þe unrihtwisnesse ladiað and scyldað. 3 Ic ongite nu þæt weorc þinra fingra; þæt synd, heofonas and mona and steorran þa þu astealdest. 4 Drihten, hwæt is se mann þe þu swa myclum amanst, oþþe hwæt is se mannes sunu þe þu oftrædlice neosast? 5 Þu hine gedest lytle læssan þonne englas; þu hine gewuldrast and geweorðast, and him sylst heafodgold to mærðe, 6 and þu hine gesetest ofer þin handgeweorc. Ealle gesceafta þu legst under his fet and under his anwald: 7 sceap and hryðera and ealle eorðan nytenu; 8 fleogende fuglas; and sæfiscas þa farað geond þa sæwegas. 9 Drihten, Drihten, ure God, hu wuldorlic þin nama ys geond ealle eorðan. |
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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