1. O Lord, you are my God!I will exalt you in praise, I will extol your fame.For you have done extraordinary things,and executed plans made long ago exactly as you decreed.
2. Indeed, you have made the city into a heap of rubble,the fortified town into a heap of ruins;the fortress of foreigners is no longer a city,it will never be rebuilt.
3. So a strong nation will extol you;the towns of powerful nations will fear you.
4. For you are a protector for the poor,a protector for the needy in their distress,a shelter from the rainstorm,a shade from the heat.Though the breath of tyrants is like a winter rainstorm,