17 Drihten gehyrð þa wilnunga his þearfena, and heora modes gyrnesse gehyrað þine earan.
Oft he þearfendra bene ðance gehyrde, and he ne forhogode heora hold gebed.
and his ege swylce elne ræfnað; he heora bene bealde gehyreð and hi hrædlice gedeð hale sona.
for þæm Godes eagan beoð ofer þa rihtwisan ontynde, and eac his earan to heora gebedum.
and blissa on Drihtne; þonne syleð he þe þæt þu bidst on þinum mode.
for ðam he nis na ofergeotol þara gebeda his þearfena, ac he is swyþe gemyndig heora blod to wrecanne.
for þam God ne forgyt his ðearfan oð heora ende, ne heora geþyld ne forweorð oþ ende.