ic andette ecum drihtne georne þam gleawan forþan ic hine godne wat forþon he his mildheortnysse mannum cyþde on þysse worulde wis gestandeþ

hwylc mæg æfre mihta drihtnes asprecan and aspyrian oþþe spedlice eall his lofmægen leode gehyran and his gehyrnesse her oncnawan

eadige beoþ æghwær þa þe a wyllaþ soþe domas sylfe efnan on ealle tid æghwæs healdan heora soþfæstnysse symble mid dædum

gemune us drihten on modsefan forþ hycgende folces þines and us mid hælo her geneosa

and us tidlice teala sceawige ceose mid gecorenum þenden we cwice lifgen þæt we mid þinre þeode þær blissian and þæt yrfe þin æghwær herige

we gefyrnedan mid urum fæderum ær and we unsoþfæste ealle wæron and unrihtes æghwær worhtan

fæderas ure fæste ne oncneowan ealle þa wundor þe þu on egyptum worhtest wræclice wundor unlytel næron hi gemyndige miltsa þinra þa þu him on þære mægþe manige cyþdest

hi bysmredan þa hi on brad wæter on þone readan sæ randas bæron þær þu hi alysdest lifes ealdor and hi generedest on naman þinum þa þu þine miht mycle cyþdest

þær þu readne sæ ricene geþywdest and þær wæron þa wareþas drige and hi betweonum wætera weallas læddest swa hi on westenne wæron on drigum

swa hi alysde lifes ealdor of heora feonda fæcnum handum and of feogendra folmum swylce and heora feondas flod adrencte þæt þæra æfre ne com an spellboda

syþþan hi his wordon wel gelyfdan and him lofsangum lustum cwemdan and þæs eft hraþe ealle forgeaton weorca wræclicra na hi wel syþþan his geæhtunge ahwær heoldan

hi on westenne wraþe ongunnan gitsunge began and gramlice heora godes þær geare costedan

he him been sniome brohte and sealde sende on heora muþas mete to genihte

ongunnon hi on þam wicum wraþe swylce mærne moyses ma bysmrian and aaron mid eac þone halgan

þa eorþe togaan and eall forswealh on deope forwyrd dathanes weorod and abirones eall ætgædere

þær fyr abarn frecne swylce on heora gemetinge and þær maansceaþan þa synfullan sniome forbærnde

hi on choreb swylce cealf ongunnan him to godgylde georne wyrcean onwendan heora wuldor on þæne wyrsan had hæþenstyrces hig etendes

godes hi forgeaton þe hi of gramra ær feonda folmum frecne generede þe on egyptum æþele wundur and on chananea cymu worhte and recene wundur on þam readan sæ

þa hi wolde toweorpan wuldres aldor þær heora moyses mægene ne hulpe he þæt folc forstod feonda mægene forþon he him his yrre of acyrde þæt he hi ne towurpe geond werþeoda

ne hi for awyht eorþan cyste þa selestan geseon woldan ne his wordum eac woldan gelyfan ac hi granedan and grame spræcan noldan his wordum wel gehyran

he his handa ahof and hi hraþe wolde on þam westenne wide todrifan and heora swæs cynn sendan on wid land

hi belphegor bædon are æton deadra lac swa hit gedefe ne wæs

and hi bysmredon bealde drihten on heora gemetincge mægene ealle and þær healicne on hryre gefremedan

hi þæs feondætes finees awerede þa he on þam folce feondgyld gebræc he þæs hæl gehleat and helpe fand of cynna gehwam and on cneorisse

eac hi gefremedan oþer bysmer þær hi wiþercwyde wæteres hæfdon þær moyses wearþ mægene gebysgad for heora yfelum swa he oftor wæs on his gaste gram ne mihte him godes willan mid his welerum wisne getæcean

noldan hi toworpan wraþe þeode swa him drihten ær dema sægde ac hi wiþ manfullum mengdan þeode and leornedan laþ weorc gode and sceuccgyldum swyþe guldan him þæt eall gewearþ to æswyce

ongunnan heora bearn blotan feondum sceuccum onsæcgean suna and dohter agutan blod swylce bearna feala þa unscyldige ealle wærun syþþan hi gecuran chananea god

þanon eorþe wearþ eall mid blode mane gemenged misdædum fah

eall hi forheoldan heahweorc godes forþan him yrre wearþ ece drihten and he his yrfe eall forhogode

he hi on handgeweald hæþenum sealde and heora weoldan þa him wyrrest ær on feondscipe fæste gestodon

heora costedan cuþe feondas and under handum hynþe þoledan hi alysde oft lifes ealdor

hi hine on geþeahte oft abylgdan wæron on unrihtum oft gehynde

swa he furþum oncneow þæt heora fynd ehtan he heora bene bealde gehyrde

þonne he his wordgebeot well gemunde hreaw hine sona þonne hi hynþa drugan æfter his miltsa menigu godes

syþþan he him sealde sona miltse þær hi on gesawon ealle ætgædere þe ehtend him ær gestodan

do us hale nu halig drihten and us se goda god georne gesamna of widwegum þær we wean dreogaþ þæt we þinne naman nede motan þone halgestan her andettan and we on lofe þinum lungre weorþan ofer werþeode wuldre geherede

wese israhela god aa gebletsad on worulda woruld wealdend drihten and þæt fægere becweþe folca æghwylc wese swa wese swa þurh eall wide ferhþ