Sealm 52
52
The Metric Psalms (anonymous)
(ca. 910-950 AD)
Selames 51—150
Sealm 51
1-6 [Missing from manuscript]
7... fore ænigre egesan næfde
ne him fultum þær fæstne gelyfde;
ac he on his welan spede wræste getruwode,
and on idel gylp ealra geornost.
8Ic þonne swa elebeam up weaxende
on Godes huse ece gewene,
and on milde mod mines Drihtnes,
and me þæt to worulde wat to helpe.
9Ic þe andette awa to feore
on þære worulde ðe þu gewohtest her;
forþan þu eart se gooda, gleaw on gesyhðe,
þe þinne held curan, þara haligra.
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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.
