4 Hwæt forstent heora spræc (cwæð se witega) þeah hi swa cweðen, for þam se God þe on heofonum ys hig gehyspð, and Drihten hyg gescent;
Drihten ys on his halgan temple, se Drihten se, þæs setl ys on heofenum. His egan lociað on his earman þearfan; his bræwas (þæt ys, his rihta dom) ahsað manna bearn.
Ys ure se halga God on heofondreame uppe mid englum, and he eall gedeð, swa his willa byð, on woruldrice.
To þe ic mine eagan hof, ece Drihten, þu þe heofonhamas healdest and wealdest.
ac Drihten hine gebysmrað, for þam he gesyhð hu hraðe his ende cymð.
þær hio forhtigað, frecnes egesan æniges ne þurfon. For þam manna ban mihtig Drihten liste tosceadeð, þa him liciað; beoð þa gehyrwede þe forhycggeað God.
and ðu hi, Drihten, dest deope to bysmre; nafast þu for awiht ealle þeoda.
Ic mine strengðe on ðe strange gehealde, forðon þu me God eart geara andfencgea,