⁵ انا عرفتك في البرية في ارض العطش.

³ فقالوا له هكذا يقول حزقيا. هذا اليوم يوم شدة وتأديب واهانة. لان الاجنّة قد دنت الى المولد ولا قوّة للولادة.

¹ We have heard with our ears, God; our fathers have told us, what work you did in their days, in the days of old.

² You drove out the nations with your hand, but you planted them. You afflicted the peoples, but you spread them abroad.

³ For they didn't get the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face, because you were favorable to them.