Nelle ic lofes þines,
lifigende god,
geswigian,
þeah þe me synfulra
inwitfulra muðas
on ganian.
Hio þa innwit feala
ywdan on tungan,
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and me wraðra wearn
worda spræcon,
fæcne firenlicu,
and afuhtan me
ealle earwunga
ungemete swyðe.
Hi me wið lufan
laþum dædum
torne telnysse
teodan[?] mænige;
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ic him a gebæd
ungemete georne.
Hi me yfel settan
a wið goode
and feounge
for minre lufan.
Gesete him synnfulle
symble to ealdrum,
stande him on þa swyþeran hand
swylce deoful.
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Gange of dome gehwam
deope gehyned,
and him his gebed
hweorfe to fyrenum.
Gewurðe him weste
eall his onwunung
and on hys eardungstowe
næfre gewurþe
þæt þær on gewunige
awiht lifigendes.
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Wesan him dagas deorce
and dimme and feawe,
and his bisceophad
brucan feondas.
Weorðan his agene bearn
ealle steopcild
and his wif wyrðe
wydewe hreowlic.
Syn his bearn swylce
toboren wide,
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and he ut weorpe
earme þearfan,
þonne hi to his huse
hleowes wilnian.
Ealle his æhta
unholde fynd
rice reðemann
rycene gedæle,
and his feoh onfon
fremde handa.
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Ne him ahwær wese
ænig fultum,
ne his steopcildum
stande to helpe.
Gangan ealle his bearn
on ece forwyrd,
and on anum cneowe
eall gewyrðe
his nama nyhsta
nede adilgad.
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Eall þæt unriht
þe his ealdras ær
manes gefremedan,
on gemynd cume
and on ansyne
ures drihtnes;
ne adilgode wesan
deorce fyrene,
þa his modur ær
mane fremede.
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Wesan hi wið drihtne
dædum swylce,
and hine adilgie
dome ealne
of ðysse eorðan
awa to feore.
Næs him milde gemynd
on modsefan,
and he þearfendra
ðriste ehte;
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symble þæt on heortan
hogode
geornust[?],
hu he mid searuwe
swylce acwealde.
He wolde wergðu
wyrcean georne,
and hine seo ylce on
eft gesette;
nolde he bletsunge
biddan ne tilian,
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forðon hio him wæs afyrred
of ferhðcofan.
He hine gegyrede
mid grame wyrgðu,
swa he hine wædum
wræstum geteode,
and sio his innað
ywde[?] swylce
wan wætere gelic
and wynele,
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se þe banes byrst
beteð and hæleð.
Wese he hrægle gelic
þe her hraðe ealdað,
and gyrdelse,
ðe[?] hine man gelome gyrt.
þis is weorc þara
þe oft wraðe me
trage tældan;
tyne hine dryhten
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þam þe sar sprece
sawle minre.
And þu, min drihten god,
do me þine nu
mycle mildheortnesse
for þinum þam mæran naman,
swa ðu oft þin milde mod
manegum cyðdest.
Alys me, lifes weard,
forþan ic eom lama þearfa;
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is me heorte on
hearde gedrefed.
Ic eom scuan gelic
swyþe ahylded,
oðlæded godum
swa se gærshoppa.
Me synt cneowu swylce
cwicu unhale
for fæstenum;
is min flæsc swylce
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for fægrum ele
frecne onwended;
eom ic to edwitstæfe
eallum geworden.
Swa hi me gesawon,
sona hig wegdan,
hrerdan heora heafod;
help min, drihten god,
and me halne gedo,
hælynde Crist,
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for þinre þære myclan
mildheortnysse.
þæt hi soð witan,
þæt si þin sylfes hand
and þu þas gedydest,
drihten usser.
Weorðan þa awyrgde,
wes þu gebletsad;
and þa þe me mid unryhte
ænige styrian,
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and hi þær sceande
sylfe agon;
wese þin esne on þe
ungemete bliðe.
Syn ða butan are
ealle gegyrede
þe me tælnysse
teonan ætfæstan,
and him si abrogden
swa of brechrægle
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hiora sylfra sceamu
swyþust ealra.
Ic on minum muðe
mihta drihtnes
ealle andette,
and eac swylce
hine on midle
manna herige.
He sylfa gestod
on ða swyðran hand,
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þær he þearfendra
þinga teolode;
he mine sawle
swylce gehealde
wið ehtendra
egsan griman.