Sealm 139
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Sealm 138
1Þu min costadest cynnum, Drihten,
and me ongeate gleawe mode;
2þu min setl swylce oncneowe,
and minne ærist æfter gecyðdest.
And mine geðohtas eac þriste oncneowe,
feorran ongeate fore mine,
3and mine gangas gearwe atreddest
and ealle mine wegas wel foresawe,
4for þan me inwit næs ahwær on tungan.
Efne þu, Drihten, eall oncneowe
5þa ærestan, eac þa nehstan;
þu me gehiwadest handa þinre,
me ofer heafod holde gesettest.
6Wundorlic is geworden þin wisdom eall,
se is beutan me eac gestrangod;
ne mæg ic him on neode a neah cuman.
7Hwider mæg ic fram þinum gaste gangan ahwær,
oþþe þinne andwlitan befleon eorðan dæles?
8Gif ic on heofenas up hea astige,
þu me þær on efn andweard sittest;
gif ic on helle gedo hwyrft ænigne,
þu me æt byst efne rihte.
9Gif ic mine fiðeru gefo, fleoge ær leohte,
oþ þæt ic beutan wese eallum sæwum,
10Hwæt, me þin hand þyder ofer holma begang
lædeð lustum, and me lungre eft
þin seo swiðre þær gehendeð.
11Ic on mode cwæð minum swylce:
“wen is, þæt me þystru ðearle forgripen
and me on nihte neode onlihte,
þæt ic minum bleom bregde neahhige.”
12Ne beoð þeostru deorc butan þinre miht;
þurh þa onlihtest niht, þæt heo byð dæge gelic.
Swa þragum gæð þeostru wið leohte,
for þon þu hi settest swylce, Drihten;
13canst mine ædre ealle gearuwe,
onfenge me fægere, swa ic furðum wæs
of modur hrife minre acenned.
14Ic þe andette, ece Drihten,
for þon þu mid egesan eart eall gewuldrad,
and þine weorc wæron wræclice swyþe,
þa min saul oncneow sona georne.
15Nis min ban wib þe deope behyded,
þæt þu wislice worhtest on diglum,
þeh min lichama lytle ðrage
on niðerdælum eorðan wunige.
16Eagan þine gesawon þæt ic ealles wæs
unfrom on ferhþe; eall þæt forð heonan
on þinum wisbocum awriten standeð.
Dagas syndon trymede, swa hi Drihten gesceop;
ne mæg ænig on þam awa lifigean;
me synd arwyrðe ealle swiðe,
17þe þine frynd wærun fæste, Drihten,
is heora ealdordom ungemete swiðe
on cneorissum cuð gestrangod.
18Gif ic hi recene nu riman onginne,
hi beoð ofer sandcorn sniome manige;
syþþan ic arise and recene nu gyt
mid þe sylfum eom, 19gif þu syþþan wylt
þa firenfullan fyllan mid deaðe.
Blodhreowe weras, ge bebugað me,
20þe þæt on geþohtum þenceað cweðende:
“Wutun þurh idel searu ealle tiligean,
þæt we heora burh tobrecan moton.”
21Ealle þa þe feodan þurh facen god,
ic hi feode nu fæste mid niðe,
and ofer þine feondas beo facne gebolgen.
22Swa ic hi mid rihte recene feoge,
for þon hi me feondas fæcne wurdan.
23Costa min, god, swa hit cyn wese,
and minre heortan gehygd her gesceawa,
þone fælan geþanc; frine me syþþan
and mine stige ongit gestaðelode.
24And þu sylfa geseoh, gif ic on swiculne weg
oþþe on unrihte ahwær eode;
gelæd me þonne, lifes ealdor,
þæt ic on ecne weg æghwær gange.
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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.
