9 Gemiltsa me nu, Drihten, for þam ic swince. Mine eagan wæron gedrefede and afærde for þinum yrre, and eac swa ilce min mod and min maga,
Þa þe her on ðystrum þrage sæton and on deaðes scuan deorcum lifdan, gebundene bealuwe feterum on wædle wrace and on iserne.
And he me geald æfter minre rihtwisnesse, and æfter þære unscæðfulnesse minra handa he me geald,
Ic ehte minra feonda, and ic hie gefend, and ic ne geswac ær hie forwurdon;
for þam synt nu fullneah to duste gelæd ure sawla, and ure wamb lið on þære eorðan.
Mine eagan synt gedrefede for yrre and ic eom forealdod betweoh eallum minum feondum.
þæt mine weleras ær wise gedældan. Þas ic mid muðe aspræc mine æt þearfe, þær me costunge cnyssedan geneahhe,
and ic wæs ealne dæg eac geswungen, wæs me leawfinger be leohtne dæg.
Me is heorte and flæsc hearde geteorad; ys me heortan gehygd hyldu Drihtnes and ece dæl awa to worulde.
Eagan me syndon unhale nu geworden for wædle; ic me to wuldres gode þuruh ealne dæg elne clypige and mine handa to þe hebbe and ðenige.