4 is me ænge gast innan hreðres, and me is heorte on hearde gedrefed.
Ðu min gebed, mære Drihten, gehyr, heofenes weard, and gehlyde min to ðe becume, þeoda reccend.
wen is, þæt hi us woldan wætre gelice sona gesupan, gif hit swa wolde.
Gif mine grame þenceað gast teorian, and þu mine stige strange ongeate. On þyssum grenan wege, þe ic gange on, me oferhydige æghwær setton gearwe grine; geara ic sceawade,
geseah on þa swyðran, ne me sylfne þær ænig mid gode ongitan wolde. Ða me eac frecne fram fleam gedydan, næs þa þe mine sawle secean wolde,
Geloca to me, Drihten, and gemiltsa me, for þam ic eom ana forlæten, yrming.
Egsa me and fyrhtu ealne forcwomon, and me beþeahton þeostru niðgrim.
nu ic of eorðan utgemærum cleopige to þe, nu me caru beateð heard æt heortan, help min nu þa;
þa ic fæste god gemyndgade, þær ic hæfde mæstne hiht. Swyðe ic begangen wæs and min sylfes gast wæs hwonlice ormod worden,
Ic þa mid heortan ongann hycggean nihtes; wæs min gast on me georne gebysgad.