| If only Thou hadst sent us a messenger, we should certainly have followed Thy Signs before we were humbled and put to shame. |
| By Saint Hubert, thou hadst best save thy breath to cool thy pottage, else it may scald thy mouth. |
| Thou didst hesitate, sayst thou, before confiding to me the discovery thou hadst made. |
| To hear him say that he had beat thee, when it was thou that hadst beat him! |
| Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting thou art God. |
| Then thou badest me come to thee when thou hadst grown great, vowing that thou wouldst protect me and never do me harm. |
