Sealm 74
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Sealm 73
1For hwan þu us, ece God, æfre woldest
æt ende fram þe ahwær drifan?
is þin yrre strang and egesa mycel
ofer þin agen eowde sceapa.
2Gemun þin mannweorod, þæt þu, mihtig god,
æt fruman ærest fægere geworhtest.
Þu þines yrfes æþele gyrde
sylfa alysdest and Sione byrig,
on þam ilcan þu eard gename;
3hefe þu þine handa and hyn hiora oferhygd;
feala wyrgnessa wraðe feondas
þinum þam halgum hefige brohtan;
4gylpað gramhydige, þa þin geo ehtan
and on þinra wica wuniað midle.
Settan hiora tacen, 5soþe ne ongeaton,
swa hi on wege wyrcean sceoldon
wundorbeacen, swa hi on wudu dydan.
6Hi mid æxum duru elne curfan,
and mid twyecgum teoledan georne
þæt hi mid adesan ealle towurpan.
7Þa hi þæt þin fægere hus fyre forbærndan
and on eorðstede eac gewemdan,
þæt þinum naman gewearþ niode cenned.
8Cwædan on heortan: “Wutan cuman ealle
and ure magas mid us; wutun þyder gemot habban
and symbeldagas swylce Drihtnes
on eorðwege ealle towurpan.
9Ne we sweotul tacen us geseoð ænig,
ne we on ænige wisan witegan habbað,
þæt us andgytes ma æfre secgen.”
10Wilt þu hu lange, wealdend Drihten,
edwit þolian yfelum feondum
and naman þinne nu bysmriað
þa wiþerweardan wraþe wið ende?
11For hwan awendest þu wuldres ansyne
æfre fram us, eac þa swyðran hand
of þinum sceate sylfa wið ende?
12Usser god kynincg, geara þu worhtest,
ær woruld wære, wise hælu
on þisse eorþan efenmidre.
13Þu on þines mægenes mihte spedum
sæ gesettest, swylce gebræce
þæt dracan heafod deope wætere.
14Þu þæs myclan dracan mihtum forcome
and his þæt hearde heafod gescændest,
sealdest Siglhearwum syððan to mose.
15Þu sylfa eac toslite wyllas
and hlynnende hlude streamas
on Æthane ealle adrigdest.
16Þu dæg settest and deorce niht,
swylce þu gesettest sunnan and monan;
17ealle þu geworhtest eorðan gemæru,
sumor þu and lencten swylce geworhtest.
18Wes þu gemyndig manna bearna,
þæra gesceafta þe þu gesceope ðe;
fynd ætwitað fæcne Drihtne,
unwis folc ne wat þinne wyr'ðne naman.
19Ne syle þu unscyldigra sawla deorum
þe þe andettað earme þearfan;
þara þu on ealdre ne forgit, ece Drihten.
20Geseoh þu nu sylfa, god, soð is gecyðed,
nu þin gewitnes ys wel gefylled,
hu deorce beoð dagas on eorðan
þam þe unrihtes æghwær wyrceað.
21Ne byð se eadmoda æfre gecyrred,
þeah þe wædla and þearfa he wyle
naman þinne neode herian.
22Aris, Drihten God, dem þine nu
ealde intingan; eac wes gemyndig,
hu þe unwise edwita fela
þurh ealne dæg oft aspræcon.
23Ne forgit huru gōdra manna
soðra stefna, þa þe seceað þe;
fyll þa oferhydigan, ða ðe feogeað þe,
and eft to þe ealle stigað.
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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.