# Azarias him ða azarias || ingeðoncum hleoðrede halig || ðurh hatne lig dreag dædum georn || dryhten herede wis in weorcum || ond ðas word acwæð meotud allwihta || ðu eart meahtum swið niðas to nerganne || is ðin noma mære wlitig ond wuldorfæst || ofer werðeode sindon ðine domas || on dæda gehwam soðe geswiðde || ond gesigefæste eac ðine willan || in woruldspedum ryhte mid ræde || rodera waldend geoca us georne || gæsta scyppend ond ðurh hyldo help || halig dryhten nu we ðec for ðearfum || ond for ðreanydum ond fore eaðmedum || arena biddað lege bilegde || we ðæs lifgende worhton in worulde || eac ðon wom dydon yldran usse || in oferhygdum ðin bibodu bræcon || burgsittende had oferhogedon || halgan lifes wurdon we towrecene || geond widne grund heapum tohworfne || hylda lease wæs ure lif || geond londa fela fracuð ond gefræge || foldbuendum nu ðu usic bewræce || in ðas wyrrestan eorðcyninges || æhtgewealda in hæft heorogrimmes || sceolon we ðær hæðenra ðreanyd || || hæfdes to abrahame || ond to isace ond iacobe || gæsta scyppend ðu him gehete || ðurh hleoðorcwidas ðæt ðu hyra fromcynn || on fyrndagum ycan wolde || ðæt hit æfter him on cyneryce || cenned wurde yced on eorðan || ðæt swa unrime had to hebban || swa heofonsteorran bugað bradne hwearft || oð brimflodas swa waroða sond || ymb sealt wæter yðe geond eargrund || ðæt swa unrime ymb wintra hwearft || weorðan sceolde fyl nu-ða frumspræce || ðeah ðe user fea lifgen wlitega ðine wordcwidas || ond ðin wuldor us gecyð cræft ond meaht || nu ðec caldeas ond eac fela folca || gefregen habban ðæt ðu ana eart || ece dryhten sigerof settend || ond soð meotod wuldres waldend || ond woruldsceafta swa se halga wer || hergende wæs meotudes miltse || ond his modsefan rehte ðurh reorde || ða of roderum wearð engel ælbeorhta || ufon onsended wlitescyne wer || in his wuldorhoman cwom him ða to are || ond to ealdornere ðurh lufan ond ðurh lisse || se ðone lig tosceaf halig ond heofonbeorht || hatan fyres ðæt se bittra bryne || beorgan sceolde for ðæs engles ege || æfæstum ðrim tosweop ond toswengde || ðurh swiðes meaht liges leoman || swa hyra lice ne scod ac wæs in ðam ofne || ða se engel cwom windig ond wynsum || wedere onlicust ðonne on sumeres tid || sended weorðeð dropena dreorung || mid dæges hwile se wæs in ðam fire || for frean meahtum halgum to helpe || wearð se hata lig todrifen ond todwæsced || ðær ða dædhwatan ðry mid geðoncum || ðeoden heredon bædon bletsian || bearn in worulde ealle gesceafte || ecne dryhten ðeoda waldend || swa hi ðry cwædon modum horsce || ðurh gemæne word bletsige ðec || bilwit fæder woruldsceafta wuldor || ond weorca gehwylc heofonas ond englas || ond hluttor wæter ond eal mægen || eorðan gesceafta bletsige ðec soðfæst cyning || sunne ond mona leohte leoman || lifgende god hædre ond hlutre || ond heofondreame wæstem weorðian || ful oft ðu wuldorcyning ðurh lyft lætest || leodum to freme mildne morgenren || monig sceal siððan wyrt onwæcnan || eac ðon wudubearwas tanum tydrað || trymmað eorðwelan hleoð ond hluttrað || næfre hlisan ah meotud ðan maran || ðonne he wið monna bearn wyrceð weldædum || wis bið se ðe con ongytan ðone geocend || ðe us eall good syleð ðe we habbað || ðenden we her beoð ond us milde meotod || mare gehateð gif we geearniað || elne willað ðonne feran sceal || ðurh frean hæse sundor anra gehwæs || sawl of lice ond ðec god dryhten || gæstas hergen byrnende fyr || ond beorht sumor wearme wederdagas || waldend manna frean on ferðe || fremest eorðwelan ðurh monigne had || milde dryhten ond ðec dæg ond niht || domfæst cyning lofigen ond lufigen || [lux et tenebre] ðe ðas werðeoda || weardum healdað deop dryhtnes bibod || drugon hi ðæt longe ond ðec crist cyning || ceolas weorðian fæder forst ond snaw || folca waldend winterbitera weder || ond wolcna genipu ond ðec liexende || ligetta hergen blace breahtumhwate || brytenrices weard dyrne dryhten || a ðin dom sy god ond genge || ðu ðæs geornlice wyrcest wuldorcyning || wæstmum herge bletsien bledum || ond ðin blæd wese a forð ece || ælmihtig god wesað ond weaxað || ealle werðeode lifgað bi ðam lissum || ðe us se leofa cyning ece dryhten || ær gesette sinum bearnum to brice || bremen dryhten ond ðec halga god || hea duna geond middangeard || miltsum hergen fæger folde || ond fæder rice forðon waldend scop || wudige moras lofe leanige || leohtes hyrde bletsige ðec soðfæst cyning || sæs ond wætra hea holmas || haligne dryhten domlice deop wæter || ond dryhtnes bibod geofonfloda gehwylc || georne bihealdeð ðonne merestreamas || meotudes ræswum wæter onwealcað || witon ealdgecynd ðæt ær gescop || ece dryhten lagufloda bigong || leohtes hyrde on ðam wuniað || widferende siðe on sunde || seldlicra fela bletsien ðec ða ealle || ece dryhten ðurh ðinne willan || wuldorfæst cyning ond ðec ealle æsprynge || ece dryhten heanne hergen || ful oft ðu hluttor lætest wæter wynlico || to woruldhyhte of clife clænum || ðæt us se cyning gescop monnum to miltse || ond to mægeneacan bletsien ðec || bilwit fæder fiscas ond fuglas || felameahtigne ealle ða ðe onhrerað || hreo wægas on ðam bradan brime || bremen dryhten hergen haligne || ond heofonfuglas ða ðe lacende || geond lyft farað bletsien ðec dryhten || deor ond nyten meotud monna bearn || miltsum hergen ond ecne god || israhela cynn bletsien ðe ðine sacerdas || soðfæst cyning milde mæsseras || mærne dryhten ond ðine ðeowas || ðeoda hyrde swylce haligra || hluttre saule ond ece god || eaðmodheorte nu ðec ananias || ond azarias ond misahel meotud || miltsum hergað nu we geonge ðry || god bletsiað felameahtigne || fæder in heofonum ðone soðan sunu || ond ðone sigefæstan gæst forðon us onsende || sigora waldend engel to are || se ðe us bearg fyr ond feondas || ond mid fiðrum bewreah wið brynebrogan || breahtmum hwurfun ymb ðæt hate hus || hæðne leode ða ðæt ongeaton || godes ondsacan ðæt hi ne meahtan || ne meotod wolde acwellan cnyhta æ || ac hy crist scilde hwearf ða to healle || swa he hraðost meahte eorl acolmod || ðæt he ofer his ealdre gestod abead ða for ðære duguðe || deop ærende haligra gehyld || hlyst wæs ðær inne gromhydig guma || ðæt ic geare wiste ðæt we ðreo hæfdon || ðeoda wisa geonge cniehtas || for gæstlufan gebunden to bæle || in byrnendes fyres leoman || nu ic ðær feower men seo to soðe || nales me sylfa gerad hweorfað nu æfter heorðe || nængum hat sceðeð ofnes æled || ac him is engel mid hafað beorhtne blæd || ne mæg him bryne sceððan wlitigne wuldorhoman || ða ðam wordum swealg brego caldea || gewat ða to ðam bryne gongan anhydig eorl || ðæt he ofer ðam ade gestod het ða of ðam lige || lifgende bearn nabocodonossor || near ætgongan ne forhogodon ðæt ða halgan || siððan hi hwætmode woruldcyninges || weorn gehyrdon ac eodon of ðam fyre || feorh unwemme wuldre gewlitegad || swa hyra wædum ne scod gifre gleda nið || ac hi mid gæstlufan synne geswencton || ond gesigefæston modum gleawe || in monðeawum ðurh foreðoncas || fyr gedygdon