3 Þa word his muðes beoð unriht and facen; he nyle ongitan þæt he cunne wel don;
His muð byð symle full wyrignessa and bitera worda and facnes and searuwa, and under his tungan byð ealne weg oþera manna sar and geswinc.
do þu, Drihten, wel þam þe gedefe her hiora heortan riht healdað mid gōde. Þa ðe gearwe beoð to gramum bendum, eft hi gelædeð ece Drihten mid þæm þe unriht æghwær wyrceað; sibb si Israhelum symble ofer ealle.
And heora tungan torncwidum neode serwað, swa oft nædran doð, and him aspidas, ætrene wyrmas, under welerum is gewunad fæste.
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;
Hi word hira wel gesmyredon ele anlicast; eft gewurdon on gescotfeohta scearpe garas.
Ge firenfulle fremde wurdon, syððan hi on worlde wæron acende and heo on life lygeword spæcon.
Onfindað þæt and ongeotað þe on folce nu unwiseste ealra syndon; dysige hwæthwygu deope þæt oncnawan.