² Og nu vil jeg kunngjøre dig hvad som visst og sant vil hende: Ennu skal det opstå tre konger* i Persia, og den fjerde** skal samle større rikdom enn alle de andre, og når han har vunnet stor makt ved sin rikdom, skal han opbyde alt mot Grekenlands rike. / {* Kambyses, Smerdes og Darius Hystaspis.} / {** Xerxes.}

¹ God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

² Therefore we won't be afraid, though the earth changes, though the mountains are shaken into the heart of the seas;

³ though its waters roar and are troubled, though the mountains tremble with their swelling. Selah.

⁴ There is a river, the streams of which make the city of God glad, the holy place of the tents of the Most High.

⁵ God is in her midst. She shall not be moved. God will help her at dawn.