Sealm 57
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Sealm 56
1Miltsa min, God, and me milde weorð,
for þon min sawel on þe swyðe getryweð,
and ic on fægerum scuan fiðera ðinra
gewicie, oð þæt gewite forð
and unriht me eall beglide.
2Heonan ic cleopige to heahgode
and to wealdend Gode, ðe me wel dyde.
3He þa of heofenum hider onsende
þe me alysde, laþum wiðferede,
sealde on edwit þe me ær trædan.
Sende mihtig God his milde gehigd
and his soðfæst mod samod ætgædere,
4and mine sawle sona alysde
of leon hwelpum reðe gemanan;
wæs ic slæpende sare gedrefed.
Synd me manna bearn mihtigum toðum
wæpenstrælas, þa me wundedon;
wæron hyra tungan getale teonan gehwylcre
and to yfele gehwam ungemet scearpe.
5Ahefe þe ofer heofenas, halig Drihten;
is wuldur ðin wide and side
ofer ðas eorþan ealle mære.
6Fotum heo minum fæcne grine
grame gearwodon, and geornlice
mine sawle swyðe onbigdon.
Hi deopne seað dulfon widne,
þær ic eagum on locade,
and hi on ðone ylcan eft gefeollan.
7Gearo is min heorte þæt ic Gode cweme;
gearo is min heorte þæt ic Gode swylce
sealmas singe, soðword sprece.
8Aris, wuldur min, wynpsalterium,
and ic on ærmergene eac arise
and min hearpe herige Drihten.
9Ic þe on folcum frine Drihten
ecne andete, eac geond þeode
sealmas singe swiðe geneahhige.
10Forðon þin mildheortnes is mycel wið heofenas,
is ðin soðfæstnes swylce wið wolcnum.
11Ahafen þu eart ofer heofenas, halig Drihten;
is ofer ealle eorðan swylce
þines wuldres wlite wide and side.
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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.
