Sealm 71
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Sealm 70
1Ic on þe, god Drihten, gearuwe gewene;
ne weorðe ic on ealdre æfre gescended;
2þu me sniome alys þuruh þine þa swiþeran miht.
Ahyld me þin eare to holde mode,
and me lustum alys; 3and me lungre weorð
on God Drihten georne þeccend
and on trume stowe, þæt þu me teala hæle.
For þon þu me, god, wære geara trymmend,
freoða fultumiend; 4alys me feondum nu,
and me of folmum afere firenwyrcendra,
þe þine æ efnan nellað;
syndon unrihtes ealle wyrcende.
5For þon þu me eart fæle geþyld fæste, Drihten
wære me on geoguðe hyht gleaw æt frymðe.
6Ic of modur hrife mundbyrd on þe
þriste hæfde; þu eart þeccend min;
on þe ic singge nu symble and geneahhie.
7Ic eom swa forebeacen folce manegum,
and þu me eart fultum strang fæste æt þearfe.
8Sy min muð and min mod mægene gefylled,
þæt ic þin lof mæge lustum singan
and wuldur þin wide mærsian
and þe ealne dæg æghwær herian.
9Ne aweorp þu me, wuldres ealdor,
þonne me ylde tid on gesige;
þonne me mægen and mod mylte on hreðre,
ne forlæt þu me, lifiende god.
10Oft me feala cwædon feondas yfele,
and sætendan sawle minre
and on anre geþeaht eodan togædere.
11Cweþað cuðlice: “Wuton cunnian,
hwænne hine god læte swa swa gymeleasne;
þonne we hine forgripen and his geara ehtan;
syþþan he ne hæbbe helpend ænne.”
12Ne ofgif þu me huru, god ælmihtig;
beseoh þu me, soð god, symble on fultum.
13Beoð gedrette, eac gescende,
þa mine sawle ær swyþust tældun;
byð þam scand and sceamu þe me syrwedan yfel.
14Ic me symble on God swiðost getreowige,
ofer eall þin lof lengest hihte.
15Min muð sægeð þine mægenspede
and þin soðfæst weorc swyþust mæreð,
sægeð þe ealne dæg ece hælu.
For þon ic ne ongeat grame ceapunga,
16ac ic on þine þa myclan mihte gange.
Ic þine soðfæstnesse geman symble, Drihten;
17þu me ara, god, ærest lærdest
of geoguðhade; nu ic eom gomel wintrum.
18A ic wundor þin weorþlic sægde,
and ic þæt wið oryldu awa fremme;
ne forlæt þu me, lifigende god,
Oð ðæt ic þines earmes eall asecge
stiþe strencðe þisse cneorisse,
eallum þam teohhe, þe nu toweard ys,
Þines mihtes þrym, 19and þæt mære soð,
þæt ðu on heofenum, god, heah geworhtest
wundur wræclicu; nis þe, wuldres cyning,
ænig æfre gelic, ece Drihten.
20Oft þu me ætywdest earfoðes feala
on costunge cuðra manna,
and me yfela feala oft oncnyssedest;
þonne þu yrre þin eft oncyrdest
and me of neowelnesse eft neoðan alysdest
þysse eorðan, þe we on buiað.
21Ðær þu þin soðfæst weorc sniome tobræddest,
þonne þu gehwyrfdest and hulpe min,
and me getrymedest þæt ic teala mihte;
22for þon ic þe andette, ece Drihten,
and þe on sealmfatum singe be hearpan,
Israela God, ece and halig.
23Mine weleras gefeoð, wynnum lofiað,
þonne ic þe singe, sigora wealdend,
and min sawl eac, þa þu sylf lysdest.
24Swylce min tunge tidum mærde
þin soðfæst weorc; scende wæron ealle
þe me yfel to ær gesohton.
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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.
