[4] með vendi líknar ‘with the rod of mercy’: Cf. Augustine, Sermo CCCLXVI, De Psalmo XXII: Sive itaque prospereris in Deo, sive tentationum tempestate turberis, totum te in baculum misericordiae Dei projice... ‘Whether you prosper in God, or are tossed in the tempest of temptation, cast yourself entirely under God’s rod of mercy’ (Augustinus Hipponensis, Sermones Dubii, col. 1649).