Áhyggju bera skaltu fyrir öngum hlut,
þeim er leynir guð gum*a,
þvít himneska skepnu megu eigi höldar vita,
þeir er á jörðu búa.
Skaltu bera áhyggju fyrir öngum hlut, þeim er guð leynir gum*a, þvít höldar, þeir er á jörðu búa, megu eigi vita himneska skepnu.
You must not be concerned about anything which God conceals from men, because men who live on earth cannot know heavenly creation.
[3] gum*a: gumna 1199ˣ
[3] gum*a ‘men’: The word is unmetrical in 1199ˣ. This emendation is found in Hallgrímur Scheving’s edn and is also adopted in Skj B. Cf. also gumn- emended to gum*- in this metrical position in sts 86/6, 87/3 (624 has gunnum), 121/3, 122/6 and 130/6. In general, the shorter, metrically correct form seems unknown to all scribes.