A certain disciple prayed before Rabbi Chanina, and said, " O God! who art great, mighty, formidable, magnificent, strong, terrible, valiant, powerful, real and honored! He waited until lie had finished, and then said to him, " Hast thou ended all the praises of thy God? Need we enumerate so many? As for us, even the three terms of praise which we usually repeat, we should not dare to utter had not Moses, our master, pronounced them in the law (Deut. x. 17), and had not the men of the Great Synagogue ordained them for prayer; and yet thou hast repeated so many and still seemest inclined to go on. It is as if one were to compliment a king because of his silver, who is master of a thousand thousands of gold denarii. Wouldst thou think that becoming?