Praise to the Lord

25 Lord, you are my God;m

I will exalt you and praise your name,n

for in perfect faithfulnesso

you have done wonderful things,p

things plannedq long ago.

2 You have made the city a heap of rubble,r

the fortifieds town a ruin,t

the foreigners’ strongholdu a city no more;

it will never be rebuilt.v

3 Therefore strong peoples will honor you;w

cities of ruthlessx nations will revere you.

4 You have been a refugey for the poor,z

a refuge for the needya in their distress,

a shelter from the stormb

and a shade from the heat.

For the breath of the ruthlessc

is like a storm driving against a wall

5 and like the heat of the desert.

You silenced the uproar of foreigners;e

as heat is reduced by the shadow of a cloud,

so the song of the ruthlessf is stilled.

6 On this mountaing the Lord Almighty will prepare

a feasth of rich food for all peoples,

a banquet of aged wine—

the best of meats and the finest of wines.i

7 On this mountain he will destroy

the shroudj that enfolds all peoples,k

the sheet that covers all nations;

8 he will swallow up deathl forever.

The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tearsm

from all faces;

he will remove his people’s disgracen

from all the earth.

The Lord has spoken.o

9 In that dayp they will say,

“Surely this is our God;q

we trustedr in him, and he saveds us.

This is the Lord, we trusted in him;

let us rejoicet and be glad in his salvation.”u