Sealm 55
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Sealm LIV (55)
1Gehyr min gebed, halig Drihten,
ne forseoh æfre sariges bene;
2beheald me holdlice and gehyr me eac.
Grimme ic eom begangen; forðon ic gnornige
and me forhtige feondes stefne
and fyrenfulra fæcne niðas.
3For ðam me on sah unrihtes feala;
wurdon me þa on yrre yfele and hefige.
4Ys me on hreðre heah heorte gedrefed
and me fealleðon fyrhtu deaðes.
5Egsa me and fyrhtu ealne forcwomon,
and me beþeahton þeostru niðgrim.
6Ic þa on mode cwæð, hwa me sealde
to fleogenne fiðeru swa culfran,
and ic þonne ricene reste syððan.
7Efne ic feor gewite, fleame dæle,
and on westene wunode lange,
8bide þæs beornes þe me bete eft
modes mindom and mægenes hreoh.
9Hat nu todælan, Drihten usser,
heora geðeode geond þas woruld wide;
forðon ic þær on unriht oft locade,
and wiðercwyda wearn gehyrde;
10-11drugon þæt on burgum dæges and nihtes.
Þunie him gewinnes wearn ofer wealles hrof
and heom on midle wese mān and inwit
and unsoðfæstnys ealle wealde.
Næfre on his weorþige wea aspringe,
mearce mansceat, man inwides;
12for þon gif me min feond fæcne wyrgeð,
ic þæt abere bliðe mode.
Þeah þe þa ealle ðe me a feodon,
wordum wyrigen and wearn sprecan,
ic me wið heora hete hyde sneome.
13Þu eart se man þe me wære
on anmede, and æghwæs cuð
latteow lustum; 14and wyt gelome eac
æton swetne mete samed ætgædere,
and on Godes huse gangan swylce
mid geþeahtunge þine and mine.
15Hi ofer cume unþinged deað,
astigon heo on helle heonan lifigende.
For ðam on heora gasthusum is gramlic inwit,
and on hiora midle man inwitstæf.
16Ic soðlice to sylfum Drihtne
cleopode on corðre, and me cuðlice
gehyrde hælend Drihten.
17Ic on æfenne eac on mergenne
and on midne dæg mægene sæcge
and bodie þæt þu bliðe me
mine stefne stiðe gehyre.
18A ðu symle sawle mine
lustum alyse, laðum wiðferige,
for ðon me manige ymb mægene syrewað.
19Þæt gehyreð God and hi gehyneð eac,
þe ær worulde wæs and nu wunað ece.
Nis him onwendednes on woruldlife,
ne him Godes fyrhtu georne ondrædað.
20Heo besmitað swylce his sylfes
þa gewitnesse, þær hi woh fremedon;
for ðon hi synt on yrre ut adælde,
ne hi sylfe wel geseon æfre,
for ðon hit wæs his heortan gehygde neah.
21Hi word hira wel gesmyredon
ele anlicast; eft gewurdon
on gescotfeohta scearpe garas.
22Sete on Drihten þin soð gehygd;
he þe butan fracoðum fedeð syððan.
Ne syleð he soðfæstum syððan to feore
þæt him yþende mod innan hreðre;
23ðu arlease ealle gelædest
on soðe forwyrd seaðes deopes.
Se blodhreowa wer bealuinwites
fæcne gefylled ne fæger lif
on middum feore gemeteð ahwær;
ic me on minne Drihten deorne getreowige.
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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.
