Sealm 56
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Sealm 55
1Miltsa me Drihten, for ðon me man tredeð,
and me ealne dæg mid unrihte
fynd onfeohtað þurh facensearu.
2And me fæcne tredað feondas mine,
doð þæt ealne dæg fram ærmergene.
For ðon monige synd ðe to me feohtað;
3wene ic me wraðe to ðe, wuldres Drihten.
4Ic wealdend God wordum herige,
and on God swylce georne gelyfe,
þæt minre spræce sped folgie
æghwæs ealne dæg; eac ic swylce
on God Drihten gearewe gewene;
nis me ege mannes for ahwæðer.
5Hwæt, me ealne dæg mine agen word
sylfne socon, swyþe oncuðon,
and wiðer me wæran georne
on yfel heora geðeaht ealle onwende.
6On eardiað, þa ðe swa þenceað
þæt heo gehyden hælun mine,
swa min sawl bad 7þæt ðu swylce heo
for nahwæðer nowiht hæle;
on yrre þu folc eall geðreatast.
8Ic nu leofum Gode lif min secge,
sette on ðinre gesyhðe sarige tearas,
swa ic ðe on gehate hæfde geneahhige.
9Þonne on hinderling hweorfað mine
feondas fæcne, ðonne ic me freoðu to ðe
wordum wilnige; ic wat and can,
þæt þu min God gleawe wære.
10Ic on God min word georne herige,
and on God swylce georne gelyfe,
and ic ealne dæg ecne Drihten
wordum weorðige; 11ne me wiht an siteð
egesan awiht æniges mannes.
12On me synd, mihtig God, þæt ic þe min gehat
on herenesse hyldo gylde;
13for þon ðu mine sawle of swyltdeaðes
laþum wiðlæddest, dydest lof stunde,
aweredest mine eagan wraðum tearum
and mine fet fæle beweredest,
þæt ic gearewe Gode licode
on lifigendra leohte eallum.
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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.
