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.
6. In this mountain the Lord of Hosts shall preparefor all people a lavish feast,a feast of aged wines,choice pieces full of marrow, and refined, aged wines.
7. He will destroy in this mountainthe covering which is over all peoples,even the veil that is spread over all nations.