1 Wisely have I enjoyed the savoury viand, religious-thoughted, best to find out treasure,

The food to which all creatures and mortals, calling it meath, gather themselves together.

3 We have partaken of Thy provision and been strengthened; we have attained the light.

Now what may foeman's malice do to harm us? What, O Lord, mortal man's deception?

4 Absorbed into the heart, let it be sweet, as a kind father is to his son,

As a wise Friend to friend: do Thou, wide-ruler, O Lord, lengthen out our days for living.

5 These glorious drops that give me freedom have I drunk. Closely they knit my joints as straps secure a car.

Let them protect my foot from slipping on the way: yea, let the drops I drink preserve me from disease.

6 Make me shine bright like fire produced by friction: give us a clearer sight and make us better.

For in joy I think of Thee, O Lord. Shall I, as a rich man, attain to comfort?

7 May we enjoy with an enlivened spirit the juice Thou givest, like ancestral riches.

O King, prolong Thou our existence as the sun makes the shining days grow longer.

8 O King, favour us and make us prosper: we are Thy devotees; of this be mindful.

Spirit and power are fresh in us; give us not up unto our foeman's pleasure.

9 For Thou hast settled in each joint, aim of men's eyes and guardian of our bodies.

When we offend against Thine holy statutes, as a kind Friend, O God, best of all, be gracious.

10 May I be with the Friend whose heart is tender, who, Lord of Bays! when received will never harm me.

This provision now deposited within me. For this, I pray for longer life to the Mighty One.

11 Our maladies have lost their strength and vanished: they feared, and passed away into the darkness.

Health hath risen in us, exceeding mighty, and we are come where men prolong existence.

14 Give us Thy blessing, O Preserver. Never may sleep or idle talk control us.

But evermore may we, as friends of truth, speak to the assembly with brave sons around us.

15 On all sides, O Lord, Thou art our life-giver: aim of all eyes, light-finder, come within us.

Of one accord with Thy protections both from behind and from before preserve us.