1. Yahweh, You are my God; I will exalt You. I will praise Your name,for You have accomplished wonders,plans formed long ago, with perfect faithfulness.
2. For You have turned the city into a pile of rocks, a fortified city, into ruins;the fortress of barbarians is no longer a city;it will never be rebuilt.
3. Therefore, a strong people will honor You.The cities of violent nations will fear You.
4. For You have been a stronghold for the poor,a stronghold for the needy person in his distress,a refuge from the rain, a shade from the heat. When the breath of the violentis like rain against a wall,
5. like heat in a dry land,You subdue the uproar of barbarians.As the shade of a cloud cools the heat of the day,so He silences the song of the violent.
6. The Lord of Hosts will prepare a feast for all the peoples on this mountain —a feast of aged wine, choice meat, finely aged wine.
7. On this mountainHe will destroy the burial shroud,the shroud over all the peoples,the sheet covering all the nations;