ic þe drihten to dyrum clypige gehyr me hrædlice holdre stefne þonne ic bene to þe bidde ceare full

sy on þinre gesihþe mines sylfes gebed ful recene gereht swa ricels byþ þonne hit gifre gleda bærnaþ

swylce is ahafenes handa minra þonne ic þe æfenlac estum secge

sete swæse geheald swylce drihten muþe minum ne læt man sprecan and æþele dor ymbstandende þæt on welerum wisdom healde

ne hyld þu mine heortan þæt ic hearme word þuruh inwitstæf ut forlæte and ic lædend wese laþra firena

ne ic æfre mid mannum manfremmendum gemænnesse micle hæbbe ne on heora gecorenesse becume æfre

ac me soþfæst symble gerecce and mildheorte mode þreage ele synfulra æfre ne mote heafde minum hrinan ahwær

forþon min gebed nu gyt becnum standeþ þæt him on wisum is wel lycendlice syndon hi æt strangum stane forswolgene noldan heora deman mine gedefe word earan gehyran eft ne mihton

swa unefne is eorþe þicce syndon þas moras myclum asprotene swa ure ban syndon bitere toworpene be helwarena hæfteneodum

forþon ic drihten on þe dædum minum eagum and mode æghwær gelyfe ne ascuf þu fram me sawle mine

geheald me wiþ þare gryne þe me grame setton þæt me ne beswice synwyrcende þa þe unrihtes æghwær þenceaþ

feallaþ firenfulle on heora fengnettum ic me syndrig eom oþþæt ic swa fere