La prestene, Herrens tjenere, gråte mellom forhallen og alteret, og la dem si: "Skån ditt folk, Herre, og gi ikke din arv til vanære, så folkene skal herske over dem. Hvorfor skulle de si blant folkene: 'Hvor er deres Gud?'"
Let the priests, the ministers of Yahweh, weep between the porch and the altar, And let them say, "Spare your people, Yahweh, And don't give your heritage to reproach, That the nations should rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples, 'Where is their God?'"