CHORUS B

How shall the crook of a shepherd shatter the sword of a king?

A,4, Antiphonal

CHORUS A

A child! A child shall disarm him!

HEROD

Hath God anointed me, yea, and shall a babe disinherit?

B,2, Reiterative

CHORUS B

Lo, shall the light of a manger outshine his glory of palaces?