Sealm 145
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Sealm 144
1Ic me heahne god hæbbe to kyninge,
and ic naman þinne neode herige
on ecnesse awa to worulde.
2Þuruh syndrige dagas symble ic ðe bletsige,
and naman þinne neode herige
on ecnesse awa to worulde.
3Mycel is Drihten, hine man mægene sceal
holde mode herian swiðe;
nis his micelmodes mægenes ende.
4Cneorissa kynn cwidum symble
þin weorc herigen wordum georne,
and þine mihte eac micle sæcgeon.
5Mycel mod and strang þines mægenðrymmes
and þine halignesse holdes modes
wise wordum sprecað, weredum secggeað
eall þin wundur wide mære.
6And hi mægen swylce mære and egeslic
þinra wundra wislic sæcgen
and þine mægenstrengðu mærsien wide.
7Gemune þines modes þa miclan geniht,
þinre weðnesse wise sæcgenum
roccette and ræd sprece,
and þine soðfæstnesse sæcge geneahhe.
8Mildheort is Drihten and mannþwære
and geþyldig eac, þearle mildheort.
9Swylce eallum is ure Drihten
manna cynne milde and bliðe;
syndan his miltsa ofer us mære weorc
eall yldum cuð awa to feore.
10Andetten þe, Drihten, ealle þine weorc
and þe þine þa halgan her bletsien.
11And hi þine mihte manna bearnum
cyþan mid cynnum and mid cneorissum,
þines mægenþrymmes mære wuldur
riht and reðe rices þines.
12Þæt þu cuð gedydest ofer cneorisse,
þær synd manna bearn manig ætsomne,
and þæt þin miht is ofer middaneard
and þines rices rædfæst wuldur.
13Rice is þin, Drihten, ræde gefæstnod,
and þu woruldricum wealdest eallum;
is þin anweald eac ofer eorðware
of cynne on cynn and on cneorissum.
Drihten is on wordum dædum getreowe
and on eallum his weorcum wis and halig.
14Ahefeð halig God þa ðe hreosað ær,
and he ealle areceð earme gebrocene.
15Eagan on þe ealra, Drihten,
wisra gewenað wiste to genihte,
and þu him mete sylest mæla gehwylce
and þæs tidlice tid gemearcast.
16Onhlidest ðu þine handa and hi hraðe fyllest,
ealra wihta gehwam wis bletsunga.
17Soðfæst is Drihten on his sylfes wegum
eallum on eorðan, and he æfter þan
on his weorcum is wis and halig.
18Neah is Drihten niþum eallum
þe hine mid soðe hige seceað and ciegað
and his willan her wyrceað georne
19and his ege swylce elne ræfnað;
he heora bene bealde gehyreð
and hi hrædlice gedeð hale sona.
20Ealle gehealdeð halig Drihten
þe lufan wið hine lustum healdeð,
and he synfulle swylce todrifeð
geond widwegas wearaum ealle.
21Sceal lof Drihtnes on lust sprecan
min muð mannum mæla gehwylce,
and flæsca gehwylc þurh fæle word
his þone haligan naman her bletsian
on ecnesse awa to feore.
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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.
