Sealm 44
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Sealm 43
Dauid sang þysne þreo and feowertigoðan sealm, seofigende his earfoþa; and myngode þæra gyfa þe he his fædrum and his foregengum sealde, and hiora eaforum gehet; and eac seofode þæt him þuhte þæt hy God on ðam tidum swa hrædlice ne gehyrde swa he his foregengan dyde; and eac he witgode on þam sealme be Mathathia and be his sunum, þa we Machabeas hatað, þæt hy sceoldon þæt ylce seofian on hiora earfoðum under Antiochus þam kynge; and eac he witgode be ælcum Cristnum men þe to Gode hopað, þæt he sceolde þæt ylce don; and eac be Criste, þæt he wolde þæt ylce don be Iudeum.
1Drihten, we gehyrdon mid urum earum
and ure fæderas hit us sædon:
Ăľa weorc Ăľe Ăľu worhtest on hiora dagum
and on hiora foregengena dagum.
2Þæt wæs, þæt þin hand towearp þæ elðeodegan folc
and plantode and tydrede ure foregengan.
Ăžu swenctest Ăľa elĂ°eodgan folc and hy awurpe.
3Ne geeodon ure foregengan
na Ă°as eorĂ°an mid sweorda ecgum,
ne hy mid Ăľy ne geheoldon,
ne heora earmas hy ne geheoldon ne ne gehældon,
ac Ăľin swiĂ°re hand and Ăľin earm
and þæt leoht þines andwlitan,
for Ăľam hy Ăľe Ăľa licodon,
and Ăľe licode mid him to beonne.
4Hu! ne eart Ăľu min cyning and min Drihten,
swa ylce swa þu hiora wære,
þu þe bebude hælo cuman to Iacobes cynne?
5Ăžurh Ăľe we beĂľurscon ure fynd and awindwedan,
and for Ăľinum naman we forsawan
Ăľa Ăľe stodon ongean us.
6Ne getruwode ic næfre on minne bogan,
ne min sweord me ne gefriðode ne ne gehælde.
7Ac þu us ahreddest æt þam þe ure ehton,
and Ăľa Ă°e us hatedon Ăľu gebysmrodest.
8And we þa heredon God ælce dæge,
and we wæron eac geherede
fram oĂľrum Ăľeodum for his weorcum,
and his naman we andettaĂ° a weoruld,
9þeah þu, Drihten, us nu adrifen hæbbe fram þe
and us gebysmrod,
and mid us ne fare on fyrd,
swa Ăľu geo dydest.
10Ac þu hæfst nu us gehwyrfde on bæclincg
and us forsewenran gedone Ăľonne ure fynd;
and Ăľa Ăľe us hatiaĂ°, hy us gegripaĂ°
and him sylfum gehrespaĂ°.
11Ăžu us geĂľafodest him to metsianne swa swa sceap,
and Ăľu us tostenctest geond manega Ăľeoda.
12Ăžu us bebohtest and bewrixledest,
and nan folc mid us ne gehwyrfdest.
13Ăžu us gesettest to edwite
and to bysmre urum neahgeburum,
and to hleahtre and to forsewennesse
eallum Ăľam Ăľe us ymbsittaĂ°.
14Þu hæfst us gedon to ealdspræce,
þæt oðra þeoda nyton hwæt hy elles sprecon
buton ure bysmer,
and wecggeaĂ° heora heafod ongean us
on heora gesamnuncge.
15Ælce dæge byð min sceamu
beforan me and ongean me,
and mid minum bysmre ic eom bewrogen,
16for þara stemne þe me hyspað and tælað,
and for Ăľara ansyne Ăľe min ehtaĂ°.
17Eall Ăľas earfoĂ°u becoman ofer us,
and ne forgeate we Ăľeah na Ăľe,
ne þæt woh ne worhton þæt we þine æ forleten,
18ne ure mod ne eode on bæclincg fram þe.
And þeah þu geþafodest þæt ure stæpas
wendon of Ăľinum wege,
19for Ăľam Ăľu woldest us geeaĂ°medan
on þære stowe ure unrotnesse,
þær we wæron bewrigene mid deaþes sceade.
20Gif we ofergeotole wæron Drihtnes naman,
ures Godes,
and gif we ure handa upphofon to oĂľrum gode,
21hu, ne wræce hit þonne God,
for þan he wat ealle dygelnessa ælcere heortan?
22For þam we beoð ælce dæge for ðe geswencte;
hy teohhiað us him to snædincgsceapum.
23Aris, Drihten, for hwi slæpst þu?
Aris and ne drif us fram Ăľe oĂ° urne ende.
24For hwi wendst Ăľu Ăľinne andwlitan fram us,
oĂ°Ă°e hwy forgytst Ăľu ure yrmĂ°a and ure geswinc?
25for þam synt nu fullneah to duste gelæd ure sawla,
and ure wamb lið on þære eorðan.
26Aris, Drihten, and gefultuma us,
and alys us for Ăľinum naman.
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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.
