O LORD, You are amy God
; I will exalt
You, I will give
thanks
to Your name
; For You have bworked
wonders
, cPlans
formed long
ago
, with perfect
faithfulness
.
For You have made a city
into a aheap
, A bfortified
city
into a ruin
; A cpalace
of strangers
is a city
no
more
, It will never
be rebuilt
.
Therefore a strong
people
will aglorify
You; bCities
of ruthless
nations
will revere
You.
For You have been a adefense
for the helpless
, A defense
for the needy
in his distress
, A brefuge
from the storm
, a shade
from the heat
; For the breath
of the cruthless
Is like a rain storm
against a wall
.
Like heat in drought
, You subdue
the auproar
of aliens
; Like heat
by the shadow
of a cloud
, the song
of the ruthless
is 1silenced
.
aThe LORD of hosts
will prepare
a 1lavish
banquet
for ball
peoples
on this
mountain
; A banquet
of 2aged
wine
, 3choice
pieces with marrow
, And 4refined
, aged
wine
.
And on this mountain
He will swallow
up the 1 acovering
which is over
all
peoples
, Even the veil
which is 2stretched
over
all
nations
.
He will aswallow up death
for all
time
, And the Lord
1GOD
will bwipe
tears
away
from all
faces
, And He will remove
the creproach
of His people
from all
the earth
; For the LORD
has spoken
.
And it will be said in that day
, "Behold
, athis
is our God
for whom we have bwaited
that cHe might save
us. This
is the LORD
for whom we have waited
; dLet us rejoice
and be glad
in His salvation
."
For the hand of the LORD
will rest
on this
mountain
, And aMoab
will be trodden
down
in his place
As straw
is trodden
down
in the water
of a manure
pile
.
And he will aspread out his hands
in the middle
of it As a swimmer
spreads
out his hands to swim
, But the Lord will blay
low
his pride
together
with the trickery
of his hands
.
The aunassailable fortifications
of your walls
He will bring
down
, Lay
low
and cast
to the ground
, even
to the dust
.