Sealm 146
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Sealm 145
1Herige min sawl hælend Drihten,
2and ic on minum life lustum Drihten
herige haligne and holdum gode
sealmas singe, þenden ic sylf lifige.
3Nelle ge on ealdurmenn ane getreowian,
ne on manna bearn; nis þær mycel hælu.
4Heora gast gangeð, gearwe onwendeð
on þa eorðan þe hi of comon;
of þam sylfan dæge syðþan forweorðað
ealle þa geþohtas þe hi þohtan ær.
5Þonne bið eadig þe him æror wæs
Iacobes God geara fultumiend,
and ær his hiht on God hæfde fæste,
6Se þe heofon worhte, hrusan swylce
and sidne sæ samed ætgædere,
and ealle þa þe him on ahwær syndon.
He his soðfæst word swylce gehealdeð,
and on worulde his wise domas
7deð gedefe þe her deorce ær
teonan manige torne geþoledan;
syleð mete swylce þe her murcne ær
hungur heaðugrimne heardne geþoledan.
Wreceð to ræde rice Drihten
þara manna bearn þe ær man gebræc,
swylce þa gefetredan fægre Drihten
lungre alyseð and him lif geofeð,
8and blinde eac bealde Drihten
on heora eagum eft onleohteð;
soðfæste Drihten swylce lufade.
9Þa elðeodigan ealle Drihten
lustum healdeð, and lif geofeð
weodewum wencelum; he hiom wel onfehð,
fyrenfulra weg frecne toweorpeð.
10Rixað mid ræde rice Drihten
on ecnesse awa to feore,
and þin, Sione, god symble to worulde.
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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.
