Sealm 82 - Anglo-Saxon Psalms c.890-950 ADSealm 81 1 God mihtig stod godum on gemange, and he hi on midle mægene tosceadeð. 2 Hu lange deme ge domas unrihte, and ge onfoð ansyna synnwyrcendra? 3 Demað steopcildum domas soðe and eadmedum eac þæt sylfe, wædlum and ðearfum wel soðfæstum. 4 Ge of firenfulra fæcnum handum þearfan and wædlan þriste alysað. 5 Ne ongeatan hi ne geara wistan, ac hi on ðystrum þrage eodan; ealle abeofedan eorðan staþelas. 6 Ic ærest cwæð : “ge synd uppe godu, ealle uphea, and æðele bearn. 7 Ge þonne sweltað samod mid mannum, swa ealdormann an gefealleð.” 8 Aris Drihten, nu! dem eorðware, forþan þu eart erfeweard ealra ðeoda. |
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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