15 Ac God, þeah, alyst mine sawle of helle handa; þeah ic þyder cume, þonne he me underfehð.
an þine handa ic befæste mine sawle. Þu me ahreddest, Drihten, rihtwisnesse God.
for þon ðu mine sawle of swyltdeaðes laþum wiðlæddest, dydest lof stunde, aweredest mine eagan wraðum tearum and mine fet fæle beweredest, þæt ic gearewe Gode licode on lifigendra leohte eallum.
and me mid þinon willan well gelæddest, and me þa mid wuldres welan gename.
Ys þin mildheortnes mycel ofer me, Drihten, and þu mine sawle swylce alysdest of helwarena hinderþeostrum.
Hwylc is manna, þæt feores neote, and hwæþere on ende deað ne gesceawige; oððe hwylc manna is, þæt his agene fram helle locum sawle generige?