Sealm 90
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Sealm 89
1Þu eart friðstol us fæste, Drihten,
of cynne on cynne and on cneorisse.
2Ær ðon munta gesceaft ofer middangeard
oððe ymbhwyrft eorðan wære
oþþe world wære, þu eart, wuldres god.
3Ne ahwyrf þu fram mænn heah eadmedu;
and þu cuðlice cwæde sylfa:
“Ic manna bearnum mod onwende.”
4For þinum eagum, ece Drihten,
þusend wintra bið þon anlicast,
swa geostran dæg gegan wære;
And swa hi on niht hyrdnesse neode begangað,
5ne heora winterrim for wiht ne doð.
6Morgen gewiteð swa gemolsnad wyrt;
oðre morgene eft gebloweð
and geefneð swa, oþ þæt æfen cymeð,
þonne forwisnað, weorðeð to duste.
7For þon we on þinum yrre ealle forwurdon,
wæron on þinum hathige hearde gedrefde.
8Þu ure unriht eall asettest,
þær þu sylfa to eagum locadest,
and ure worulde þu eac gestaðelodest
on alihtincge andwlitan þines.
9For þam ðe ure dagas ealle geteorudun,
and we on þinum yrre synt swiðe gewæhte.
10Wæran anlicast ure winter
geongewifran, þonne hio geornast bið,
þæt heo afære fleogan on nette;
beoð ure geardagas gnornscendende,
þeah þe heora hundred seo samod ætgædere.
Gif on mihtigum mannum geweorðeð,
þæt hi hundehtatig ylda gebiden,
ealle þe þær ofer beoð æfre getealde
wintra on worulde, þa beoð gewinn and sar.
Us manðwærnes becwom micel ofer ealle
and we on þam gefean forhte gewurdan.
11Hwa ðæs soð me cann sæcgean ænig,
hu þines yrres egsa standeð
and seo micle miht? 12nis þæt mann ænig
þe þa ariman rihte cunne.
Do us þa þine swiðran hand, Drihten, cuðe,
þam þe on snytrum syn swyðe getyde,
and þa heora heortan healdað clæne.
13Gehweorf us hwæt hwiga, halig Drihten;
wes þinum scealcum wel eaðbede.
14We synd gefyllede fægere on mergenne
þinre mildheortnesse; þæs we on mode nu
habbað ealle dagas æþele blisse.
15We gefeoð swylce for þon fægerum dagum,
on þam þu us to eadmedum ealle gebrohtest,
and for ðam gearum þe we on gesawon yfela feala.
16Beseoh on þine scealcas swæsum eagum
and on þin agen weorc, ece Drihten,
and heora bearn gerece bliðe mode.
17Wese us beorhtnes ofer bliðan Drihtnes,
ures þæs gōdan Godes georne ofer ealle;
gerece ure handgeweorc heah ofer usic.
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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.
