1O Jehovah , thou art my God ; I will exalt thee , I will praise thy name ; for thou hast done wonderful things , even counsels of old , in faithfulness and truth. 2For thou hast made of a city a heap , of a fortified city a ruin , a palace of strangers to be no city ; it shall never be built . 3Therefore shall a strong people glorify thee; a city of terrible nations shall fear thee. 4For thou hast been a stronghold to the poor , a stronghold to the needy in his distress , a refuge from the storm , a shade from the heat , when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall . 5As the heat in a dry place wilt thou bring down the noise of strangers ; as the heat by the shade of a cloud , the song of the terrible ones shall be brought low .
The Feast for All Peoples
6And in this mountain will Jehovah of hosts make unto all peoples a feast of fat things , a feast of wines on the lees , of fat things full of marrow , of wines on the lees well refined . 7And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering that covereth all peoples , and the veil that is spread over all nations . 8He hath swallowed up death for ever ; and the Lord Jehovah will wipe away tears from off all faces ; and the reproach of his people will he take away from off all the earth: for Jehovah hath spoken it .
The Response of the People
9And it shall be said in that day , Lo , this is our God ; we have waited for him , and he will save us : this is Jehovah ; we have waited for him , we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation . 10For in this mountain will the hand of Jehovah rest ; and Moab shall be trodden down in his place , even as straw is trodden down in the water of the dunghill . 11And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst thereof , as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim ; but Jehovah will lay low his pride together with the craft of his hands . 12And the high fortress of thy walls hath he brought down , laid low , and brought to the ground , even to the dust .