Sealm 80
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Sealm 79
1Þu þe Israela æðelum cynne
reccest and rædest, ðu nu recene beheald,
þu ðe Ioseph swa sceap gramum wiðlæddest.
Ðu ðe sylfa nu sittest ofer cherubin,
æteow 2fore Effraim eac Mannasse
and Beniamin, nu we biddað þe.
Awece þine mihte and mid wuldre cum,
and us hale do her on eorðan.
3Gehweorf us, mægena god, and us mildne æteow
þinne andwlitan; ealle we beoð hale.
4Eala ðu, mægena god, mære Drihten,
hu lange yrsast þu on þines esnes gebed?
5tyhst#80:5 O'Neill has Tyhstð us and fedest teara hlafe,
and us drincan gifest deorcum tearum
manna gehwylcum on gemet rihtes.
6Þu us asettest on sarcwide
urum neahmannum; nu we cunnion,
hu us mid fraceðum fynd bysmriað.
7Gehweorf us, mægena god, and us mildne æteow
þinne andwlitan; ealle we beoð hale.
8Þu of Ægyptum ut alæddest
wræstne wingeard, wurpe þeode
and þone ylcan ðær eft asettest.
9Þu him weg beforan worhtest rihtne,
and his wyrtruman wræstne settest,
þanon eorðe wearð eall gefylled.
10His se brada scua beorgas þeahte,
and his tanas astigun godes cedderbeam.
11Ealle þa telgan ðe him of hlidað,
þu æt sæstreamas sealte gebræddest,
and hi to flodas forð aweaxað.
12Forhwan þu towurpe weallfæsten his?
wealdeð his winbyrig eall þæt on wege færð.
13Hine utan of wuda eoferas wrotað,
and wilde deor westað and frettað.
14Gehweorf nu, mægena god, milde and spedig
þine ansyne ufan of heofenum;
15gewite and beseoh wingeard þisne,
þæt he mid rihte ræde gange,
þæne ðin seo swiðre sette æt frymðe,
and ofer mannes sunu, þe þu his mihte ær
under ðe getrymedest, tires wealdend.
16Fyr onbærneð, folm þurhdelfeð;
fram ansyne egsan ðines
ealle þa on ealdre yfele forweorðað.
17Si þin seo swiðre hand ofer soðne wer
and ofer mannes sunu; þu his mihta ðe
geagnadest, ealle getrymedest,
weoruda Drihten; 18ne gewitað we fram ðe.
Ac þu us wel cwica, wealdend mihtig;
we naman þinne neode cigeað.
19Gehweorf us, mægena [and us mildne æteow
þinne andwlitan; ealle we beoð hale.]#80:19 The words after mægena are lost due to a missing folio of the manuscript. Our reconstruction has been supplied from the identical text in verses 3 and 7.
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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.
