For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it be love or hatred, man knoweth it not; all is before them.
I tretide alle þese thingis in myn herte, to vndirstonde diligentli. Iust men, and wise men ben, and her werkis ben in þe hond of God; and neþeles a man noot, wheþer he is worthi of loue or of hatrede.