Sealm 69
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Sealm 68
1Do me halne, god,     Âfor Ăľon hreoh wæter
to minum feore inn     ÂfloweĂ° and gangeĂ°;
2eom ic on lame oflegd, Â Â Â Â ÂhafaĂ° lytle sped.
Com ic on sæs hricg,     Âþær me sealt wæter
hreoh and hopig     Âholme besencte.
3Þær ic werigmod     Âwann and cleopode,
þæt me grame syndan     Âgoman hase;
byĂ° me æt Ăľam earon     Âeagon wiĂ°gangen;
hwæðere ic on God minne     Âgearewe gewene.
4Hiora is mycle ma     ÂĂľonne ic me hæbbe
on heafde nu     Âhæra feaxes,
Ăľe me earwunga     Âealle feogeaĂ°.
Ofer me syndon     ÂĂľa Ăľe me ehton,
fæstum folmum     ÂforĂ° gestrangad
feondas mine, Â Â Â Â Âand ic forĂ° agef
unrihtlice     ÂĂľa Ăľe ic ne reafude ær.
5Ăžu wast, wuldres god,     Âþæt ic eom unwis hyges,
ne wæren Ăľe bemiĂ°ene     Âmine scylde.
6Ne sceolon æt me     Âænige habban
sceame sceandlice     ÂĂľe Ăľines siĂ°es her
ful bealdlice     ÂbidaĂ°, Drihten,
Ăľu eart mægena god;     Âne sceal æt me
ænige unare     Âahwær findan,
Ăľe Ă°e Israela God     Âahwær seceaĂ°.
7For Ăľon ic edwit for Ăľe     Âoft aræfnade
and me hleorsceame     Âhearde becwoman;
8and ic framĂľe wearĂ°     ÂfæderenbroĂ°rum,
wæs unmæge gyst     Âmodorcildum.
9For Ăľon me Ăľines huses     Âheard ellenwod
æt ormæte     Âand me eac fela
Ăľinra edwita     Âon gefeollon.
10Ăžonne ic minum feore     Âfæsten gesette,
eall hi me þæt on edwit     Âeft oncyrdan.
11Gif ic mine gewæda     Âon witehrægl
cyme cyrde,     Âcwædan hi syþþan,
þæt ic him wæfersyn     Âwære eallum.
12Me wiĂ°erwearde     Âwæron ealle,
Ăľa him sæton     Âsundor on portum;
spræcon me wraĂ°e,     ÂĂľa Ăľe win druncon.
13Ic Ăľonne min gebed     Âto Ăľe, mihtig Drihten,
tidum sende     Âteala liciendlic,
and Ăľu me Ăľonne on mænigeo     Âmiltsa Ăľinra
gehyre me hlutre     Âhælu Ăľine.
14Alys me of lame,     ÂĂľe læs ic weorĂľe lange fæst,
and me feondum afyrr,     Âfrea ælmihtig;
ado me of deope     Âdeorces wæteres,
15Ăľe læs me besencen     Âsealte flodas.
Ne me huru forswelge     Âsægrundes deop
ne me se seaĂ° Â Â Â Â Âsupe mid muĂ°e.
16Gehyr, Drihten, me, Â Â Â Â Âfor Ăľon gedefe is
Ăľin milde mod     Âmannum fremsum,
and for mænigeo     Âmiltsa Ăľinra
geseoh on me     Âswylce, Drihten.
17Ne acyr Ăľu æfre fram Ăľinum cnihte     ÂĂľin clæne gesyhĂ°,
forĂľan me feondas to     ÂfeohtaĂ° geneahhe;
gehyr me hrædlice     Âand me help freme.
18Beheald mine sawle     Âand hi hrædlice
alys and wiĂ°fere     ÂlaĂľum feondum.
19 [Missing from MS] Â Â Â Â Âar scame;#69:19 For this line, the MS has only arsca me which modern editors have emended to ar scame to make better sense.
for Ăľinre ansyne     Âealle syndon
Ăľe feondas me     Âfæcne wurdon.
20Min heorte gebad     Âhearmedwit feala
and yrmĂ°u mænig     Âeac aræfnede;
næfde eorla þæs     Âænig sorge;
frefrend ic sohte, Â Â Â Â Âfindan ic ne mihte.
21Hi minne mete     Âmengdan wiĂ° geallan
and Ăľa gedrugadne     Âdrenctan mid ecede.
22Wese heora beod fore him     Âwended on grine
and on edlean yfel     Âand on æwisce.
23Syn hiora eagan     Âeac adimmad,
þæt hi geseon ne magon     Âsyþþan awiht;
weorĂ°e heora bæc swylce     Âabeged eac.
24Ageot ofer hi     ÂĂľin þæt grame yrre,
and æbylignes eac     Âyrres Ăľines
hi forgripe     Âgramhicgende.
25Wese wic heora     Âweste and idel;
ne on heora eĂ°ele ne sy     ÂĂľinc oneardiendes.
26For Ăľon hi ealra     Âehtan ongunnon,
Ă°e Ăľu him earfoĂ°u     Âænig geafe,
and me wean ecton     Âminra wunda sar.
27Asete him Ăľa unriht to     ÂĂľe hi geearnedan,
and mid unrihte     Âær geworhton,
and hi on Ăľin soĂ°fæst weorc     Âsyþþan ne gangan.
28Syn hi adilgad     Âof gedefra eac
þæra lifigendra     Âleofra bocum;
ne wesen hi mid soĂ°fæstum     Âsyþþan awritene.
29Ic me sylfa eam     Âsarig Ăľearfa,
and me andwlita onfeng     Âecean Drihtnes,
se me holdlice     Âhælde sona.
30Nu ic naman Drihtnes     Âneode herige
and hine mid lofsange     Âlæde swylce.
31Ic Ăľam leofan gode     Âlicie swyĂľor
Ăľonne æðele cealf,     ÂĂľeah Ăľe him upp aga
horn on heafde     ÂoĂ°Ă°e hearde cleo.
32GeseoĂ° þæt and gefeoĂ°,     Âsarie Ăľearfan,
seceaĂ° Drihten     Âand eower sawl leofaĂ°.
33For Ăľam Ăľa Ăľearfendan     ÂĂľriste Drihten
gehyreĂ° holdlice;     Ânyle he gehæfte eac
on heora neode     Âna forhycgan.
34Herige hine swylce     Âheofen and eorĂ°e,
side sæflodas     Âand Ăľa him syndon on.
35For Ăľon Sione god     Âymble hæleĂ°;
beoĂ° mænige byrig     Âmid Iudeum
eft getimbrade,     Âþær hi eard nimaĂ°.
36Þær hi yrfestol     Âeft gesittaĂ°
and hiora eĂľel begytaĂ° Â Â Â Â Âesnas Drihtenes,
and his naman     Âneode lufiaĂ°,
þær eardiaĂ°     Âawa to feore.
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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.
