The Rewards of Piety
nu lære ic ðe
swa man leofne sceal
gif ðu wille ðæt blowende
rice gestigan
ðænne beo ðu eadmod
and ælmesgeorn
wis on wordum
and wæccan lufa
on hyge halgum
on ðas hwilwendan tid
bliðe mode
and gebedum filige
oftost symle
ðær ðu ana sy
forðan ðæt halige gebed
and seo hluttre lufu
godes and manna
and seo ælmessylen
and se miccla hopa
to ðinum hælende
ðæt he ðine synna
adwæscan wylle
and eac oðera fela
godra weorca
glengað and bringað
ða soðfæstan
sauwle to reste
on ða uplican
eadignesse
wyrc ðæt ðu wyrce
word oððe dæda
hafa metodes ege
on gemang symle
ðæt is witodlice
wisdomes ord
ðæt ðu ðæt ece leoht
eal ne forleose
ðeos woruld is æt ende
and we synd wædlan gyt
heofena rices
ðæt is hefig byrden
and ðeah ðu æfter ðinum ende
eall gesylle
ðæt ðu on eorðan
ær gestryndes
goda gehwylces
wylle gode cweman
ne mihtu mid ðæm eallum
sauwle ðine
ut alysan
gif heo inne wyrð
feondum befangen
frofre bedæled
welena forwyrned
ac ðu wuldres god
ece ælmihtigne
ealninga bidde
ðæt he ðe ne forlæte
laðum to handa
feondum to frofre
ac ðu fleoh ðanan
syle ælmessan
oft and gelome
digolice
ðæt bið drihtnes lac
gumena gehwylces
ðe on god gelyfð
ceapa ðe mid æhtum
eces leohtes
ðy læs ðu forweorðe
ðænne ðu hyra geweald nafast
to syllanne
hit bið swiðe yfel
manna gehwilcum
ðæt he micel age
gif he him god ne ondræt
swiðor micle
ðonne his sylfes gewil
warna ðe georne
wið ðære wambe fylle
forðan heo ða unðeawas
ealle gesomnað
ðe ðære saule
swiðost deriað
ðæt is druncennes
and dyrnegeligere
ungemet wilnung
ætes and slæpes
ða man mæg mid fæstenum
and forhæfdnessum
heonon adrifan
and mid cyricsocnum
cealdum wederum
eadmodlice
ealluncga biddan
heofena drihten
ðæt he ðe hæl gife
milde mundbora
swa him gemet ðince
and ondræd ðu ðe
dihle wisan
nearwe geðancas
ðe on niht becumað
synlustas foroft
swiðe fremman
earfoðlice
ðy ðu earhlice scealt
gyltas ðine
swiðe bemurnan
har hilderinc
hefie ðe ðincað
synna ðine
forðam ðu sylf ongyte
ðæt ðu alætan scealt
læne staðelas
eard and eðel
uncuð bið ðe ðænne
tohwan ðe ðin drihten
gedon wille
ðænne ðu lengc ne most
lifes brucan
eardes on eðle
swa ðu ær dydest
blissum hremi
nu ðu ðe beorgan scealt
and wið feonda gehwæne
fæste healdan
sauwle ðine
a hi winnað
embe ðæt
dæges and nihtes
ongean drihtnes lif
ðu miht hy gefleman
gif ðu filian wilt
larum minum
swa ic lære ðe
digollice
ðæt ðu on dægred oft
ymbe ðinre sauwle ræd
swiðe smeage
hu ðu ðæt ece leoht
æfre begytan mæge
siðe gesecan
ðu scealt glædlice swiðe swincan
wið ðæs uplican
eðelrices
dæges and nihtes
ðu scealt druncen fleon
and ða oferfylle
ealle forlætan
gif ðu wilt ða upplican
eardwic ceosan
ðænne scealt ðu hit on eorðan
ær geðencan
and ðu ðe sylfne
swiðe gebindan
and ða unðeawas
ealle forlætan
ðe ðu on ðis life ær
lufedest and feddest