Praise to God
1 OLord, Youaremy God.
# I will exalt You,
I will praise Your name,
# For You have done wonderfulthings;
# Yourcounsels of oldarefaithfulnessandtruth.
2 For You have madea city a ruin,
A fortified city a ruin,
A palace of foreigners to be a city no more;
It will never be rebuilt.
3 Therefore the strong people willglorify You;
The city of the terrible nations will fear You.
4 For You have been a strength to the poor,
A strength to the needy in his distress,
# A refuge from the storm,
A shade from the heat;
For the blast of the terrible onesisas a stormagainstthe wall.
5 You will reduce the noise of aliens,
As heat in a dry place;
Asheat in the shadow of a cloud,
The song of the terrible ones will be diminished.
6 And inthis mountain
# TheLordof hosts will make forall people
A feast of choice pieces,
A feast of wines on the lees,
Of fat things full of marrow,
Of well-refined wines on the lees.
7 And He will destroy on this mountain
The surface of the covering cast over all people,
# Andthe veil that is spread over all nations.
8 He willswallow up death forever,
# And the LordGodwillwipe away tears from all faces;
The rebuke of His people
He will take away from all the earth;
For theLordhas spoken.
9 And it will be said in that day:
“Behold, thisisour God;
# We have waited for Him, and He will save us.
ThisistheLord;
We have waited for Him;
# We will be glad and rejoice in His salvation.”
10 For on this mountain the hand of theLordwill rest,
# AndMoab shall be trampled down under Him,
As straw is trampled down for the refuse heap.
11 And He will spread out His hands in their midst
As a swimmer reaches out to swim,
# And He will bring down theirpride
Together with the trickery of their hands.
12 Thefortress of the high fort of your walls
He will bring down, lay low,
Andbring to the ground, down to the dust.