3 Hwæt, ic on tyn strengum getogen hæfde, hu ic þe on psalterio singan mihte oððe þe mid hearpan hlyste cweman,
Herigen his naman neode on ðreatum, on timpano tidum heriað and on psalterio singað georne.
Heriað hine mid hearpum and on þære tynstrengean hearpan.
Ic cweðe to þam Gode: “Þu eart min andfengend. Hwy forgits þu min, and hwi awyrpst þu me fram þe, oððe hwy lætst þu me gan þus unrotne, þonne me mysceað mine fynd;
Aris, wuldur min, wynpsalterium, and ic on ærmergene eac arise and min hearpe herige Drihten.
Þyder ealdormen ofstum coman, and gegaderade gleowe sungon on þæra manna midle geongra on tympanis togenum strengum,
For þam byð Drihten cuð on his rihtum domum, and on his handgeweorce byð gefangen se synfulla;