Who can count the dust of Jacob, Or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, And let my last end be like his!
Who may noumbre þe dust, þat is, kynrede, of Jacob, and knowe þe noumbre of þe generacioun of Israel? My lijf die in þe deeth of iust men, and my laste thingis be maad lijk hem!