16 Ic þæs wende, þæt ic mid wisdome full gleawlice ongitan mihte, hu þis gewinn wolde gangan,
Þin rihtwisnes is swa heah swa þa heofonlican muntas, and þine domas synt swa deope swa swa æfgrynde oþþe seo deoposte sæ. Menn and nytenu þu gehælst, Drihten.
[Line 1 missing] ælces libbendes mannes mægen and anwald is idelnes; and swa þeah ælc man hæfð Godes anlicnesse on him, þeah hit idel sy þæt hy mid gedrefde synt. Þæt ys, þæt hy gaderiað feoh, and nyton hwam hy hyt gadriað.
Wærun wegas þine on widne sæ and þine stige ofer strang wæter; ne bið þær eþe þin spor on to findanne.
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