And þu sylfa geseoh, gif ic on swiculne weg oþþe on unrihte ahwær eode; gelæd me þonne, lifes ealdor, þæt ic on ecne weg æghwær gange.
for ðam on minra feonda muðe is leasuncg, and heora mod is swiðe idel. Heora mod and heora wilnuncg ys swa deop swa grundleas pytt, and heora tungan sprecað symle facn;
Swa hi smeagað oft swiðost unriht and on þam ilcan eft forweorðað, þær hi mamriað mān and unriht. Gangeð man manig modig on heortan,
Gelæd, Drihten, me on þinne leofne weg, and ic on þinum soðe syþþan gancge. Heorte min ahlyhheð, þonne ic ðinne halgan naman forhtige me on ferhðe,