God of all goodness, sweet Christ,

you are the emperor of all kings,

and verily king over all princes,

you prince over all lords

and lord over all rulers:

from your divine power

has sprung from the beginning

your entire creation,

the heavenly hierarchies,

the three that split themselves

into three again, each separately,

and divide themselves into nine choirs.

Within these your divinity has created

angels manifold

with distinctions many,

who sing perpetually

the praises of your perfect majesty.

In your omnipotence also move

heaven and earth and everything

to which your holy divinity

granted its life, its nature and its shape.

The wonders are so manifold

that you have performed wondrously;

yet over all wonders you have

singled out one in particular

that equals your divinity itself:

With divine power you said,

after you had created all things,

as Holy Scripture tells me:

“machen einen menschen wir,

ein bilde nâch uns gestalt.”

dâ bî prüeve ich, daz einvalt

nicht ist gewesen dîn gotheit

in ie wesender êwikeit.

daz wort uns wol bewêret hât

dîn êwige trînitât,

wan du sprêche selb zu dir:

“machen einen menschen wir!”

Daz wort geschach, der mensche wart.

menschlîch natûre und menschen art

enpfienc die crêatûre.

nâch gotlîcher figûre

was gebildet ir gestalt.

adel und wîsheit manicvalt

dîn geist dem menschen în gôz;

du tête in an gewalt sô grôz,

daz er nâch dir, als ich las,

des paradîses vürste was.

swie schoene du machtest sîn gestalt

und im wîsheit manicvalt

gêbe, dar zu rîchez adel,

iedoch tet er einen tadel,

daz er zerbrach dîn gebot.

dû barmherziger got

erbarmetest erbermiclich

über dîn crêatûre dich:

dîn einborn sun von himel quam,

die selben form er an sich nam,

die gefigûret was

nâch dîner gotheit, als ich las,

und mischte dîne gotheit

zu menschlîcher bloedikeit.

Got und mensche, hêrre Christ,

du wârer got mîn schepfer bist,

sô hât dîn menschlîcher tôt

mich von êwiger nôt

“Let us make man

in our image.”

That is how I know that your godhead

has never been singular

in essence, ever.