2 ac his willa byð on Godes æ, and ymb his æ he byð smeagende dæges and nihtes.
Wese him herenes min æt heortan weðe, ic minne Drihten deorne lufige.
Eadig byð se wer se þe him ege Drihtnes on ferhðcleofan fæste gestandeð, and his bebod healdeð bealde mid willan.
Eadige beoð on wege, þa þe unwemme on hiora dryhtnes æ deore gangað.
For ðon ic on minre heortan hydde georne, þæt ic þinre spræce sped gehealde, þy læs ðe ic gefremme fyrene ænige.
Gelæd me on stige, þær ic stæpe mine on þinum bebodum bryce hæbbe, forðan ic hy mid soðe symble wolde.
Me is micle betere, þæt ic bebodu healde, ðines muðes gemet, þonne mon me geofe geara ðusende goldes and seolfres.
þær me þin æ an ne hulpe, ðe ic on mode minum hæfde, þonne ic wende on woruldlife, þæt ic on minum eadmedum eall forwurde.
þæt ic sceolde þinne willan wyrcan, and swa ic eac wylle don. Drihten, mid God, ic hæfde geteohhod, and gyt hæbbe, þæt ic scyle healdan þine æ symle on minre heortan.
Þu eart me, Drihten God, dyre hælend; ic on dæge to ðe dygle cleopode, and on niht fore þe neode swylce.