9 Drihten, Drihten, þu wast nu eall hwæs ic wilnie; eall hit ys beforan ðe, and min granung þe nis na forholen.
Drihten gehyrð þa wilnunga his þearfena, and heora modes gyrnesse gehyrað þine earan.
He þa gehyrde heahgnornunge þæra ðe gebundene bitere wæron, and ða bealdlice bearn alysde þara ðe ofslegene sliþe wæran.
for ðon me is swære stefn hefig gnorniende heortan getenge, ætfeolen eac min ban flæsce minum.
Ic swince on minre granunge, and ælce niht on minum bedde ic sice and wepe, and hwilum min bedd wæte mid tearum.