And now she herself is about to marry merely because it was time, and also because her father needed a son-in-law to succeed him in his business.

And her father evidently thought that she, by herself, was hardly capable of attracting the attention of a man, and therefore adorned her with silver.

Agitated, she worked nervously, pricked her fingers, broke needles, but maintained silence, being aware that whatever she should say would not reach her father's heart.
And the old man kept on pacing the room to and fro, now humming psalms softly, now impressively instructing his daughter how to behave with the bridegroom.

And then he also counted something on his fingers, frowned and smiled.
"Mm! So! Try me, Oh Lord, and judge me.

From the unjust and the false man, deliver me.