Who should I still fear? The people who control who gets into the palace? What will they do — lock me out? If they see that I want to enter, let them lock me out. So why do you go to their doors? Because I think it's proper to play my part while this game lasts. Then how are you not locked out? Because unless someone lets me in, I don't want to go in anyway. I'm always content with whatever happens. I think what God chooses is better than what I choose. I'll serve as his helper and follower.
Whom then can I still fear? Those who are over the bedchamber? Lest they should do, what? Shut me out? If they find that I wish to enter, let them shut me out. Why then do you go to the doors? Because I think it befits me, while the play (sport) lasts, to join in it. How then are you not shut out? Because unless some one allows me to go in, I do not choose to go in, but am always content with that which happens; for I think that what God chooses is better than what I choose. I will attach myself as a minister and follower to him;