1. O Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you; I will praise your name,for you have done wonderful things, plans formed of old, faithful and sure.
2. For you have made the city a heap,the fortified city a ruin;the foreigners’ palace is a city no more;it will never be rebuilt.
3. Therefore strong peoples will glorify you;cities of ruthless nations will fear you.
4. For you have been a stronghold to the poor,a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat; for the breath of the ruthless is like a storm against a wall,