מִ֣י הִ֭קְדִּימַנִי וַאֲשַׁלֵּ֑ם תַּ֖חַת כָּל־הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם לִי־הֽוּא׃
Sino ang naunang nagbigay sa Akin ng anuman upang Akin siyang gantihan? Ang lahat ng nasa silong ng buong langit ay Akin.
Likutei Moharan
And had not the ship been nearby — that is, "For My sake, for My sake I will do it” (Isa. 48). As is written in the Commentary (Vayikra Rabbah 27): "Who has anticipated Me, so that I should pay him?" — who has made Me a Mezuzah before I gave him a house? etc. One finds that all our good deeds and all the prayers — all is from Him, and it is not proper to think to receive reward for any thing,