4 Ys me on hreðre heah heorte gedrefed and me fealleðon fyrhtu deaðes.
Sar me ymbsealde swylde deaðes, and me frecne ætfealh fyrhtu helle. Me costung and sar cnyssedan geneahhe,
and þonne hy tobrecað eall min ban; and þonne me hyspað þa þe me swencað; and huru swiðost þonne hy cweðað ælce dæge: hwær ys þin God?”
and min sawl and min mod ys swyðe gedrefed. Eala, Drihten, hu lange wylt þu þæt hit on ðam sy?
Min heorte gebad hearmedwit feala and yrmðu mænig eac aræfnede; næfde eorla þæs ænig sorge; frefrend ic sohte, findan ic ne mihte.
Forðon is sawl min sares and yfeles fæste gefylled; is min feorh swylce to helldore hylded geneahhe.