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?