1. Lord, you are my God;I will honour you and praise your name.You have done amazing things;you have faithfully carried outthe plans you made long ago.
2. You have turned cities into ruinsand destroyed their fortifications.The palaces which our enemies builtare gone for ever.
3. The people of powerful nations will praise you;you will be feared in the cities of cruel nations.
4. The poor and the helpless have fled to youand have been safe in times of trouble.You give them shelter from stormsand shade from the burning heat.Cruel enemies attack like a winter storm,
5. like drought in a dry land.But you, Lord, have silenced our enemies;you silence the shouts of cruel people,as a cloud cools a hot day.
6. Here on Mount Zion the Lord Almighty will prepare a banquet for all the nations of the world — a banquet of the richest food and the finest wine.
7. Here he will suddenly remove the cloud of sorrow that has been hanging over all the nations.