Him byð swa þam treowe þe byð aplantod neah wætera rynum, þæt sylð his wæstmas to rihtre tide; and his leaf and his blæda ne fealwiað ne ne seariað. Swa byð þam men þe we ær ymbspræcon: eall him cymð to gōde þæt þæt he deð.
Ic þonne swa elebeam up weaxende on Godes huse ece gewene, and on milde mod mines Drihtnes, and me þæt to worulde wat to helpe.