gehyr min gebed halig drihten ne forseoh æfre sariges bene beheald me holdlice and gehyr me eac

grimme ic eom begangen forþon ic gnornige and me forhtige feondes stefne and fyrenfulra fæcne niþas

forþam me on sah unrihtes feala wurdon me þa on yrre yfele and hefige

ys me on hreþre heah heorte gedrefed and me fealleþ on fyrhtu deaþes

egsa me and fyrhtu ealne forcwomon and me beþeahton þeostru niþgrim

ic þa on mode cwæþ hwa me sealde to fleogenne fiþeru swa culfran and ic þonne ricene reste syþþan

efne ic feor gewite fleame dæle and on westene wunode lange bide þæs beornes þe me bete eft modes mindom and mægenes hreoh

hat nu todælan drihten usser heora geþeode geond þas woruld wide forþon ic þær on unriht oft locade and wiþercwyda wearn gehyrde drugon þæt on burgum dæges and nihtes

þunie him gewinnes wearn ofer wealles hrof and heom on midle wese man and inwit and unsoþfæstnys ealle wealde

næfre on his weorþige wea aspringe mearce mansceat man inwides forþon gif me min feond fæcne wyrgeþ ic þæt abere bliþe mode

þeah þe þa ealle þe me a feodon wordum wyrigen and wearn sprecan ic me wiþ heora hete hyde sneome

þu eart se man þe me wære on anmede and æghwæs cuþ latteow lustum and wyt gelome eac æton swetne mete samed ætgædere and on godes huse gangan swylce mid geþeahtunge þine and mine

hi ofer cume unþinged deaþ astigon heo on helle heonan lifigende

forþam on heora gasthusum is gramlic inwit and on hiora midle man inwitstæf

ic soþlice to sylfum drihtne cleopode on corþre and me cuþlice gehyrde hælend drihten

ic on æfenne eac on mergenne and on midne dæg mægene sæcge and bodie þæt þu bliþe me mine stefne stiþe gehyre

a þu symle sawle mine lustum alyse laþum wiþferige forþon me manige ymb mægene syrewaþ

þæt gehyreþ god and hi gehyneþ eac þe ær worulde wæs and nu wunaþ ece

nis him onwendednes on woruldlife ne him godes fyrhtu georne ondrædaþ heo besmitaþ swylce his sylfes þa gewitnesse þær hi woh fremedon forþon hi synt on yrre ut adælde ne hi sylfe wel geseon æfre forþon hit wæs his heortan gehygde neah

hi word hira wel gesmyredon ele anlicast eft gewurdon on gescotfeohta scearpe garas

sete on drihten þin soþ gehygd he þe butan fracoþum fedeþ syþþan

ne syleþ he soþfæstum syþþan to feore þæt him yþende mod innan hreþre þu arlease ealle gelædest on soþe forwyrd seaþes deopes

se blodhreowa wer bealuinwites fæcne gefylled ne fæger lif on middum feore gemeteþ ahwær ic me on minne drihten deorne getreowige