1. O Lord, You are my God.I will exalt You, I will praise Your name,for You have done wonderful things;Your plans formed of oldare faithfulness and truth.
2. For You have made a city into a heap,a fortified city into a ruin;a palace of strangers is a city no longer;it shall never be built.
3. Therefore a strong people shall glorify You;cities of ruthless nations shall fear You.
4. For You have been a defense to the poor,a defense to the needy in his distress,a refuge from the storm,a shadow from the heat;for the breath of the ruthless onesis as a storm against the wall.
5. You bring down the noise of strangers,as heat in drought;as the heat by the shadow of a cloud,the song of the ruthless ones shall be brought low.