Sealm 13
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Sealm XII (13)
Ða Dafid þysne twelftan sealm sang, þa seofode he to Drihtne on þam sealme be his feondum, ægþer ge gastlicum ge lichamlicum; and swa deð ælc þæra þe hine singð; and swa dyde Crist be Iudeum and be deoflum; and swa dyde Ezechias se cyng be Assiriam, þa hi hine ymbseten hæfdon on þære byrig.
1Hu lange wilt þu, Drihten, min forgitan; hwæðer þu oð minne ende wylle;
oððe hu lange wilt þu ahwyrfan þinne andwlitan fram me?
2Hu lange sceal ic settan on mine sawle
þis sorhfulle geþeahtand þis sar æt minre heortan;
hwæþer ic ælce dæge scyle?
Hu lange sceal min feond beon uppahafen ofer me?
3Beseoh to me, Drihten, min God, and gehyr me.
Onliht mine eagan þæt hi næfre ne slapan on swylcum deaðe,
4þy læs æfre min feond cweðe, “Ic eom strengra þonne he.”
Þa þe me swencað, hy fægniað gif ic onstyred beo;
5ac ic þeah on þine mildheortnesse gelyfe.
Min heorte blissað on þinre hælo,
6and ic singe þam Gode þe me eall gōd syleð,
and lofie þinne naman, þu hehsta God.
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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.
Sealm 13
13
Sealm XII (13)
Ða Dafid þysne twelftan sealm sang, þa seofode he to Drihtne on þam sealme be his feondum, ægþer ge gastlicum ge lichamlicum; and swa deð ælc þæra þe hine singð; and swa dyde Crist be Iudeum and be deoflum; and swa dyde Ezechias se cyng be Assiriam, þa hi hine ymbseten hæfdon on þære byrig.
1Hu lange wilt þu, Drihten, min forgitan; hwæðer þu oð minne ende wylle;
oððe hu lange wilt þu ahwyrfan þinne andwlitan fram me?
2Hu lange sceal ic settan on mine sawle
þis sorhfulle geþeahtand þis sar æt minre heortan;
hwæþer ic ælce dæge scyle?
Hu lange sceal min feond beon uppahafen ofer me?
3Beseoh to me, Drihten, min God, and gehyr me.
Onliht mine eagan þæt hi næfre ne slapan on swylcum deaðe,
4þy læs æfre min feond cweðe, “Ic eom strengra þonne he.”
Þa þe me swencað, hy fægniað gif ic onstyred beo;
5ac ic þeah on þine mildheortnesse gelyfe.
Min heorte blissað on þinre hælo,
6and ic singe þam Gode þe me eall gōd syleð,
and lofie þinne naman, þu hehsta God.
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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.