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22 For as the tongue (or a pointer) of a balance, so is the world before thee; and as a drop of dew rising before the light, that cometh down into (or onto) (the) earth. [For as a point(er) of a balance, so is before thee the roundness of earths; and as a drop of morrowtide dew, that goeth down into the earth.]

23 And thou hast mercy of (or for) all things [or for all], for thou mayest (or thou be able to) (do) all things; and thou dissemblest, either forbearest, the sins of men, for penance. [And thou hast mercy of all, for all things thou mayest (or thou can do); and thou forbearest the sins of men, for penance.]

24 For thou lovest all things that be, and thou hatest nothing of those, that thou madest; for thou not hating anything ordainedest, either madest. [Forsooth thou lovest all things that be, and nothing thou hatedest of them, that thou madest; not forsooth hating anything thou ordainedest, or madest.]

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