Sealm 127
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Sealm 126
1Nymþe hus timbrige halig Drihten,
on idel gylp oðre winnað
þe þæs huses hrof staðeliað.
Nymðe gehealde eac halig Drihten
ceastre mid cynnum, ne mæg hi cynlice
wæccende weard gehealdan.
2Forhwan ge mid idelnesse ealle arisað,
ær ðon leoht cume leoda bearnum?
arisað nu ricene, and hraðe sittað,
þa ðe sares hlaf swiðe æton.
Þonne he slæp syleð swiðe leofum;
3þæt is yrfe eac ecean Drihtnes
and herde bearn, þa her mannum beoð
of innaðe ærest cende.
4Swa seo stræle byð strangum and mihtigum
hrorum on handa heard ascyrped,
swa lyðra bearn lungre gewitað.
5Þæt bið eadig wer, se ðe a þenceð,
þæt he his lust on ðon leofne gefylle;
ne bið he on ealdre ealre æfre gescended,
þonne he on gaton greteð his grame feondas.
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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.
