1 Lord, you are my God;I will honour you and praise your name.You have done amazing things;you have faithfully carried outthe plans you made long ago.
2 You have turned cities into ruinsand destroyed their fortifications.The palaces which our enemies builtare gone for ever.
3 The people of powerful nations will praise you;you will be feared in the cities of cruel nations.
4 The poor and the helpless have fled to youand have been safe in times of trouble.You give them shelter from stormsand shade from the burning heat.Cruel enemies attack like a winter storm,
5 like drought in a dry land.But you, Lord, have silenced our enemies;you silence the shouts of cruel people,as a cloud cools a hot day.
6 Here on Mount Zion the Lord Almighty will prepare a banquet for all the nations of the world — a banquet of the richest food and the finest wine.
7 Here he will suddenly remove the cloud of sorrow that has been hanging over all the nations.