3 Ic minum gecorenum cuðe gesette, hu min gewitnes wolde gangan; ic Dauide dyrum esne on aðsware ær benemde,
Þæs deopne að Drihten aswor and þone mid soðe swylce getrymede, þæt he hine for hole ær ne aswore, gehet Dauide, swa he him dyde syþþan, Þæt he weorðlicne wæstm gesette þe of his innaðe agenum cwome, ofer þin heahsetl;
And him ða Dauid geceas, deorne esne, and genam hine æt eowde ute be sceapum, fostur feormade;
Þonne ðu ofer ealle undearnunga þine bearn sprecest and bealde cwyst: “Ic me on þyssum folce fultum sette ofermihtigne, þone ic me ær geceas.
Ic him to widan feore wille gehealdan min milde mod and him miht syllan, mine gewitnesse weorðe and getreowe.
hwile yldest and awendest fram him gewitnesse esnes þines; ealle gewemdest his halignesse her on eorðan.