3 wen is, þæt hi us lifigende lungre wyllen sniome forsweolgan, gif hi swa magon. Þonne us ðara manna mod yrsade, and us wiðerwearde wæron geneahhe;
Þonne me to genealæhton mine fynd me to derianne, swylce hi woldon fretan min flæsc, þa þe me swencton, hi wæron sylfe geuntrumode and gefeollon.
ne hy cweþan on heora mode, “wel la wel is urum modum;” ne hy ne cweðen, “we hine frætan.”
He þa of heofenum hider onsende þe me alysde, laþum wiðferede, sealde on edwit þe me ær trædan. Sende mihtig God his milde gehigd and his soðfæst mod samod ætgædere,
Cwædan on heortan: “Wutan cuman ealle and ure magas mid us; wutun þyder gemot habban and symbeldagas swylce Drihtnes on eorðwege ealle towurpan.
For þon ðe mannes geþoht mægen andetteð, and þonne þa lafe lustum þence, þæt ic þe symbeldæg sette and gyrwe.
Cwædan cuðlice: “wutun cuman ealle and hi towyrpan geond werþeoda, þæt ne sy gemyndig manna ænig, hu Israhela naman ænig nemne.”
For þon hi an geþeaht ealle ymbsætan, and gewitnesse wið þe wise gesettan.