Sealm 129
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Sealm 128
1Oft me fuhtan to fynd on geoguðe,
cweðan Israhelas nu eac þæt sylfe;
2oft me fuhtan to fynd on geoguþe,
ne mihton hi awiht æt me æfre gewyrcean.
3Ofer minum bæce bitere ongunnon
þa firenfullan facen timbrian,
and heora unriht eft gelengdon.
4Drihten is soðfæst, and gedeð sniome,
þæt he firenfullra fæcne geðancas
wis toweorpeð; 5weorðað gescende
and hiora scamiað swiþust ealles,
þa to Sione hete swiðost hæfdon.
6Wesen hi hige her gelicast
þam þe on huses þæce heah aweaxeð,
þæt bið forwisnad wraðe sona,
ær hit afohten foldan losige.
7Of þam he ne gefylleð folme æfre,
þeah þe he hit mawe micle elne;
ne mid his sceafe ne mæg sceat afyllan,
þeah þe he samnige swiðe georne.
8And þæt ne cweðan, þa his cwide weoldan
on ofergeate æghwær hæbben:
“us gebletsige bealde Drihten
and ofer eow wese eac his bletsung;
we eow neodlice on naman Drihtnes
swylce bletsiað bliðe mode.”
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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.