³ Und ich kehrete mich zu Gott dem HERRN, zu beten und zu flehen, mit Fasten, im Sack und in der Asche.

² Siehe, ein Starker und Mächtiger vom HERRN, wie ein Hagelsturm, wie ein schädlich Wetter, wie ein Wassersturm, die mächtiglich einreißen, wird ins Land gelassen mit Gewalt,

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.