Sealm 73
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Sealm 72
1Hu gōd is ece God mid Israhelum,
þam þe mid heortan hycgeað rihte;
2me fornean syndon losode nu ða
ealle on foldan fota gangas.
3For þon ic fæstlice fyrenwyrcende
oft elnade; noldun earme mid him
sibbe secean, sohton fyrene.
4For þon hira deaðes byð deorc endestæf,
ne heora wites bið wislic trymnes.
5Ne synd hi on miclum manna gewinnum,
and hi mid manna ne beoð mægene beswungene.
6For þon hi oferhygd nam ungemete swyþe,
þurh þæt hira unriht wearð eall untyned.
7Þanon forð becom fæcne unriht,
swa swa hit of gelynde lungre cwome,
8and hi on heortan hogedon and þohton,
hu hi fyrmest facen and unriht
on hean huse hraðost acwædon.
9Hwæt, hi on heofon setton hyge hyra muþes,
and hira tungan tugon ofer eorðan.
10For þon min folc hider fægere hweorfeð,
þær hi fulle dagas findað sona.
11And þonne cwædon: “Hu weorðeð þis cuð gode
oþþe þeos gewitness weorðeþ on heagum?”
12Þi nu fyrenfulle foldan æhta
and þysse worulde welan wynnum namon.
13Þa ic on mode cwæð minum sona,
þeah þe ic on me ingcan ænne ne wiste,
hu ic mine heortan heolde mid soðe,
and mine handa þwoh, þær ic hete nyste,
14and ic wæs ealne dæg eac geswungen,
wæs me leawfinger be leohtne dæg.
15Gif ic sylf cwæde and sæcge eac,
swa þe bearn weorðað geboren syþþan,
þa ylcan ic ær foreteode.
16Ic þæs wende, þæt ic mid wisdome
full gleawlice ongitan mihte,
hu þis gewinn wolde gangan,
17oþ þæt ic on his hus halig gange
and ic þa nehstan ongite neode syþþan.
18Hwæðere þu him for inwite yfel befæle,
awurpe hi wraðe, þa hi wendan ær,
þæt hi wæron alysde, laðum wiðferede.
19Nu syndon hi gewordene wraðe tolysde,
and semninga sneome forwurdon
for unrihte þe hi ær dydon,
20swa fram slæpe hwylc swærum arise.
And hi on byrig Drihtnes bealde habbað
hiora ansyne, and þu hi eaðe miht
to nawihte fomiman sneome.
21Ys minre heortan hige hluttor and clæne,
wærun mine ædra ealle tolysde,
22and ic to nawihte eom nyde gebiged,
swa ic þæt be owihte ær ne wiste.
Ic eom anlic mid þe anum neate
and ic symble mid þe syþþan hwæðere.
23Þu mine swyþran hand sylfa gename,
24and me mid þinon willan well gelæddest,
and me þa mid wuldres welan gename.
25Hwæt mæg me wiðerhabban on heofonrice?
hwæt wolde ic fram þe wyrcean ofer eorþan?
26Me is heorte and flæsc hearde geteorad;
ys me heortan gehygd hyldu Drihtnes
and ece dæl awa to worulde.
27Forþan þa forweorþað, þe hira wynne to þe
habban noldan, ne heora hyge settan;
huru þu forleosest þa forhealdað þe.
28Min is ætfele mihtigum Drihtne;
good is swylce, þæt ic on God Drihten
minne hiht sette, healde fæste.
And ic eall þin lof eft asecge
Sione dohtrum on hire sylfre durum.
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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.