Sealm 21
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Sealm XX (21)
Ðysne twentigoðan sealm Dauid sang be him sylfum; and eac witegode be Ezechie þæm kinge; and ælc folc þe hine singð, hine singð for heora kyning; and ealra mæst Dauid witegode on þæm sealme be Criste.
1Drihten, on ðinum mægene nu blissað ure kyning,
and for þinre hælo he fægnað swiðe swiðlice.
2For ðæm þu him sealdest his modes willan,
and þæs þe he mid his weolorum wilnade,
þæs þu him ne forwyrndest.
3Mid þære swetnesse þinra bletsunga
þu wære hrædra to his fultume þonne he wende:
þu sendest on his heafod kynegold
mid deorwyrþum gimmum astæned.
4He þe bæd langes lifes, and þu hit him sealdest a worlda world.
5Swiðe micel is his wuldor#21:5 Manuscript has wul... with rest of word missing.
[Line 2 missing]
6-13 [Missing folio of manuscript]
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Sealm 21: ASPsa
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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.