For hwy eart þu unrot, min mod and min sawl, and hwy gedrefst þu me? Hopa to Drihtne - for þam ic gyt hine andette, for þam he is min hælend and min God.
Ac þonne gemunde ic þine ærran gyfa, and gestaðelode on me mine sawle, for þy ic geare wiste þæt ic sceolde cuman for Godes mildheortnesse to þam wundorlican temple (þæt ys, Godes hus). Þyder ic sceal cuman mid mycelre wynsumnesse stemne and mid andetnesse, swylce symblendra sweg byð and bliðra.