Vinir þínir þótt þér verr dugi,
en þú þykkiz verðr vera,
þess meins völd kenn þú eigi þínum guði,
saka þú heldr sjálfan þik.
Þótt vinir þínir dugi þér verr, en þú þykkiz verðr vera, kenn þú eigi þess meins völd guði þínum; saka þú heldr þik sjálfan.
Although your friends may help you less than you think you deserve, do not fault your God for the cause of that evil; you should instead blame yourself.
[4] þess meins völd: so 696XV, 401ˣ, 624, þess manns völd 1199ˣ, om. 723aˣ
[4] meins ‘of evil’: Comparison with the Lat. text does not allow any conclusion as to whether the main ms. reading, manns ‘man’s’, is the original.