Sealm 68
68
Sealm 67
1Arise god, Â Â Â Â Âricene weorĂ°e
his feonda gehwylc     Âfæste toworpen;
fleoĂ° his ansyne,     ÂĂľa Ăľe hine feodan ær.
2Rece hi gelicast     Âricene geteoriaĂ°;
swa fram fyre weax     ÂfloweĂ° and mylteĂ°,
swa Ăľa fyrenfullan     Âfrecne forweorĂ°aĂ°;
3habbaĂ° soĂ°fæste     Âsymbel ece.
Hi ansyne     Âecean Drihtnes
habbaĂ° beorhtlice     Âblisse and sibbe.
4SingaĂ° soĂ°um gode     Âsealmas geneahhige,
and his naman swylce     Âneode heriaĂ°;
doĂ° siĂ°fæt þæs     Âseftne and rihtne,
Ăľe he sylfa astah     Âofer sunnan up,
Ăľam is to naman     Ânemned Drihten.
WesaĂ° ge on his gesyhĂľe     Âsymble bliĂ°e,
and on his ansyne wesan     Âealle gedrefde,
5Ăľa Ăľe wydewum syn     ÂwraĂ°e æt dome
oþþe steopcildum wesen     Âstrange fæderas.
Drihten is on his stowe      6dema halig,
se Ăľe eardian deĂ° Â Â Â Â Âanes modes
and on hiora huse     ÂhealdeĂ° blisse;
Se Ăľe on his mægenes     Âmihte gelædeĂ°
þæt he Ăľa gehæftan     ÂhæleĂ° sniome,
and Ăľa to yrre beoĂ° Â Â Â Â Âealle gecigde
and eardiaĂ°     Âon eorĂ°scræfum.
7Ăžonne god gangeĂ°     Âfor his þæt gleawe folc,
oĂ°Ă°e geond westena     Âwide feraĂ°,
8Ăľanon eorĂ°e byĂ° Â Â Â Â Âeall onhrered.
For ansyne     Âecean Drihtnes
heofenas droppetaĂ°; Â Â Â Â Âhrusan forhtiaĂ°
for Israela Godes     Âegesan Ăľrymme.
9Wilsumne regn     Âwolcen brincgeĂ°,
and Ăľonne ascadeĂ° god     Âsundoryrfe;
eall Ăľu Ăľa gefremest     ÂĂľurh Ăľine fæste miht.
10Ăžine wihte on Ăľam     Âwynnum lifiaĂ°;
Ăľu Ăľin swete good     Âsealdest Ăľearfum.
11God gifeĂ° gleaw word     Âgodspellendum,
syleð him modes mægen      12se þe is mihtig kynincg
and wlites wealdend; Â Â Â Â Âoft weorĂ°lic reaf
on huse men     Âher gedælaĂ°.
13Gif ge slæpaĂ°     Âsamod on clero#68:13 The translator seems to have misunderstood the Latin clÄ“rus (an allotment of land) for clerus (clergy), and kept the Latin word untranslated.,
fiĂ°eru beoĂľ culfran     Âfægeres seolfres
and hire bæc scineĂ°     Âbeorhtan golde.
14Ăžonne hi se heofonlica kynincg     Âher toscadeĂ°,
syþþan hi on Selmon     Âsnawe weorĂ°aĂ°.
15Gebeorh godes     ÂbringeĂ° to genihte
wæstme weorĂ°lice     Âand wel Ăľicce.
16For Ăľon ge onfoĂ°     Âfægerum beorge,
þær ge to genihte     ÂgeniomaĂ° wæstme;
se is wealdend Gode     Âwel liciendlic,
on Ăľam wiĂ° ende     ÂeardaĂ° Drihten.
17Wærun godes cræta     Âgegearwedra
tyn Ăľusendo     Âgeteled rime,
mænigfeald Ăľusend     Âmodblissiendra.
Drihten is on Ăľam     Âdædum spedig;
18on heanesse astah,     Âhæftned lædde,
Ăľa on hæftnede     Âhwile micele
lange lifdon,     Âand wæs lacgeofa
ofer middangeard     Âmanna bearnum.
Ne magon þær eard niman     Âungeleafe menn;
19wese of dæge on dæg     ÂDrihten user,
se gĹŤda God, Â Â Â Â Âgeorne gebletsad.
Sylle us gesundne     ÂsiĂ°fæt, Drihten;
20ure hælend God     Âhelpe usser
and us æt deaĂ°e eac     ÂDrihten gehealde.
21Hwæðere wealdend God     ÂwiĂ°hycgendra
heafdas feonda     Âher gescæneĂ°,
and he tofylleĂ° Â Â Â Â Âfeaxes scadan
Ăľara Ăľe her on scyldum     Âswærum eodon.
22Of Basan, cwæð     Âbealde Drihten,
ic me on sæ deopre     Âsniome onwende,
23oĂľ þæt Ăľin fot weorĂ°e     Âfæste on blode.
Hundes tungan     ÂhabbaĂ° feondas,
from Ăľam Ăľine gangas     Âwæron gesewene;
24wærun godes mines     Âgangas rihte,
soĂ°es kynincges     Âsymble on halgum.
25Ăžyder ealdormen     Âofstum coman,
and gegaderade     Âgleowe sungon
on þæra manna     Âmidle geongra
on tympanis     Âtogenum strengum,
26and on ciricean     ÂCrist, Drihten God
bealde bletsige     Âbearn Israela.
27Þær Benniamines synt     Âbearn on geogoĂ°e
and ealdormenn     Âeac of Iudan,
Ăľe latteow wæs     ÂforĂ° Ăľara leoda,
and ealdras eac     Âof Zabulone
and Neptalim     Âniode swylce.
28Bebeod Ăľinum mægene;     ÂĂľu eart mihtig god;
and Ăľin weorc on us     Âmid wisdome
29getryme on Ăľinum temple     Âtidum gehalgod;
þæt ys on Hierusalem,     ÂĂľyder Ă°e gyfe lædaĂ°
of feorwegum     Âfoldan kynincgas.
30On wuda Ăľu wildeor     Âwordum Ăľreatast
and fearra gemot     Âunder folcum;
ne beoĂ° ut fram Ăľe     Âæfre atynde,
Ăľa Ăľe seolfres beoĂ° Â Â Â Â Âsince gecoste.
Toweorp Ăľu Ăľa Ă°eoda     Â[half line misssing from MS]
31-35 [Missing from MS]
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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.
