1. You, Lord, are my God!I will praise youfor doing the wonderful thingsyou had planned and promisedsince ancient times.
2. You have destroyed the fortressof our enemies,leaving their city in ruins.Nothing in that foreign citywill ever be rebuilt.
3. Now strong and cruel nationswill fear and honour you.
4. You have been a place of safetyfor the poor and needyin times of trouble.Brutal enemies pounded uslike a heavy rainor the heat of the sun at midday,but you were our shelter.
5. Those wild foreigners strucklike scorching desert heat.But you were like a cloud,protecting us from the sun.You kept our enemies from singingsongs of victory.
6. On this mountainthe Lord All-Powerfulwill prepare for all nationsa feast of the finest foods.Choice wines and the best meatswill be served.
7. Here the Lord will strip awaythe burial clothesthat cover the nations.
8. The Lord All-Powerfulwill destroy the power of deathand wipe away all tears.No longer will his peoplebe insulted everywhere.The Lord has spoken!
9. At that time, people will say,“The Lord has saved us!Let's celebrate.We waited and hoped—now our God is here.”
10. The powerful arm of the Lordwill protect this mountain.The Moabites will be put downand trampled on like strawin a pit of manure.
11. They will struggle to get out,but God will humiliate themno matter how hard they try.
12. The walls of their fortresseswill be knocked downand scattered in the dust.