143 Me costunga cnysdan geneahhe, and nearonessa naman gelome; ac ic þine bebodu efnde and læste, eac on minum mode hi metegade georne.
Sar me ymbsealde swylde deaðes, and me frecne ætfealh fyrhtu helle. Me costung and sar cnyssedan geneahhe,
And ic eadmedu ungemetum georne efnan þence; forgif me, ece God, þæt ic æfter ðinum wordum weorðe bliðe.
Ic on þinre soðfæstnysse symble meteode, þæt ic þine wislicu word geheolde.
And ic on þinum bebodum bealde mote gemetegian swyþe mærne ræd, forþan ic hi on lufan minre lange hæfde.
Cumen me ðine miltsa mihtum geswyþede, and ic lange on þam lifian mote; forðon me is metegung on modsefan, hu ic æ þine efnast healde.
Ic of grundum to þe geomur cleopode;