They cunningly do what they’ve seen that man did;
The reason they seek not; from them that is hid.
A man acts from reason; an ape from mere whim.
Perdition may seize all such actors, and him!40
The hypocrite[71] worships[72] as aping the saint,
For form’s sake, or worse. His religion’s mere feint.
In pilgrimage, worship, and fasting, and alms,[73]
Believers and hypocrites vie, as in psalms.
Believers shall win in the last judgment day;
The hypocrites then shall receive their due pay.