Sealm 87 - Anglo-Saxon Psalms c.890-950 ADSealm 86 1 Healdað his staðelas halige beorgas; 2 lufude Sione duru symble Drihten ofer Iacobes wic goode ealle. 3 Wærun wuldurlice wið þe wel acweðene, þæt þu si cymast ceastra Drihtnes; 4 eac ic gemyndige þa mæran Raab and Babilonis begea gehwæðeres. Efne fremde cynn foran of Tyrum, folc Sigelwara naman þær fæstne eard. Modor Sion “man” cwæð ærest, 5 and hire mære gewearð mann on innan, and he hi þa hehstan her staðelade. 6 Drihten þæt on gewritum dema sægde þam þe frumsprecend folces wæron, eallum swylce, þe hire on wæron. 7 Swa ure ealra bliss eardhæbbendra on anum þe ece standeð. |
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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