25 O
Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for
thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness
and truth. 2 For
thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace
of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built. 3 Therefore
shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations
shall fear thee. 4 For
thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his
distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast
of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall. 5 Thou
shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even
the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall
be brought low. 6 And
in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people 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.
7 And he will
destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people,
and the vail that is spread over all nations. 8 He will
swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from
off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off
all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it. 9 And
it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him,
and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be
glad and rejoice in his salvation. 10 For
in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moab shall be trodden
down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill. 11 And
he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he that swimmeth
spreadeth forth his hands to swim: and he shall bring down their pride together
with the spoils of their hands. 12 And
the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low,
and bring to the ground, even to the dust.