O LORD, thou art my God
; I will exalt
thee, I will praise
thy name
; for thou hast done
wonderful
things; thy counsels
of old
are faithfulness
and truth
.
For thou hast made of a city
an heap
; of a defenced
city
a ruin
: a palace
of strangers
to be no city
; it shall never
be built
.
Therefore shall the strong people
glorify
thee, the city
of the terrible
nations
shall fear
thee.
For thou hast been a strength to the poor
, a strength
to the needy
in his distress
, a refuge
from the storm
, a shadow
from the heat
, when the blast
of the terrible ones
is as a storm
against the wall
.
Thou shalt bring down the noise
of strangers
, as the heat
in a dry place
; even the heat
with the shadow
of a cloud
: the branch
of the terrible ones
shall be brought low
.
And in this mountain shall the LORD
of hosts
make
unto all people
a feast
of fat things
, a feast
of wines on the lees
, of fat things
full of marrow
, of wines on the lees
well refined
.
And he will destroy in this mountain
the face
of the covering
cast over
all people
, and the vail
that is spread
over all nations
.
He will swallow up death
in victory
; and the Lord
GOD
will wipe away
tears
from off all faces
; and the rebuke
of his people
shall he take away
from off all the earth
: for the LORD
hath spoken
it .
And it shall be said in that day
, Lo, this is our God
; we have waited
for him, and he will save
us: this is the LORD
; we have waited
for him, we will be glad
and rejoice
in his salvation
.
For in this mountain shall the hand
of the LORD
rest
, and Moab
shall be trodden down
under him, even as straw
is trodden down
for the dunghill
.
And he shall spread forth his hands
in the midst
of them, as he that swimmeth
spreadeth forth
his hands to swim
: and he shall bring down
their pride
together with the spoils
of their hands
.
And the fortress of the high fort
of thy walls
shall he bring down
, lay low
, and bring
to the ground
, even to the dust
.