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Þis is weorc þara þe oft wraðe me trage tældan; tyne hine Dryhten þam þe sar sprece sawle minre.
1 Eala, Drihten, ure God, hu wundorlic þin nama ys geond ealle eorðan, for þam ahefen ys þin myclung ofer heofonas.
and þu hine gesetest ofer þin handgeweorc. Ealle gesceafta þu legst under his fet and under his anwald: