Sealm 112
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Sealm 111
1Eadig byð se wer se þe him ege Drihtnes
on ferhðcleofan fæste gestandeð,
and his bebod healdeð bealde mid willan.
2He on eorðan byð eadig and spedig,
and his cneorisse byð cyn gebletsad.
3Him wuldur and wela wunað æt huse,
byð his soþfæstnys swylce mære,
þenden þysse worulde wunaþ ænig dæl.
4Leoht wæs on leodum leofum acyðed,
þam þe on ðystrum þrage lifdan
and hiora heortan heoldan mid rihte;
milde is on mode mihtig Dryhten,
and he ys soðfæst symble æt þearfe.
5Glæd man gleawhydig, gōd and mildheort,
seteð soðne dom þurh his sylfes word,
6se on ecnysse eadig standeð.
7Byð on eceum gemynde æghwylc þæra
þe his soðe and riht symble healdeð,
ne him on hlyste mycelum ondrædeð
awiht on ealdre yfeles syððan.
Byð his heorte gearo hyhte to Drihtne
8getrymed and getyhted, þæt him teonan ne mæg
fæcne ætfæstan feonda ænig,
ac he ealle forsyhð æghwær georne.
9Se þe his æhta ealle tostredeð
and þearfendum þa gedæleð,
his soðfæstnyss wunað symble oð ende;
byð his horn wended her on wuldur.
10Swa þæt synfull gesyhð, sona yrsað,
toþum torn þolað, teonum grimetað,
þearle þindeð, oþþæt þonne byð,
þæt fyrenfulra lust fæcne forweorðeð.
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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.
