25O LORD, You are my God; I will exalt You, I will praise Your name, for You have done wonderful things, even purposes planned of old [and fulfilled] in faithfulness and truth.H3068H430H7311H3034H8034H6213H6382H6098H7350H530H5442For You have made a city a heap, a fortified city a ruin, a palace of aliens without a city [is no more a city]; it will never be rebuilt.H7760H5892H1530H1219H7151H4654H759H2114H5892H5769H11293Therefore [many] a strong people will glorify You, [many] a city of terrible {and} ruthless nations will [reverently] fear You.H5794H5971H3513H7151H6184H1471H33724For You have been a stronghold for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in his distress, a shelter from the storm, a shade from the heat; for the blast of the ruthless ones is like a rainstorm against a wall.H4581H1800H4581H34H6862H4268H2230H6738H2721H7307H6184H2230H70235As the heat in a dry land [is reduced by the shadow of a cloud, so] You will bring down the noise of aliens [exultant over their enemies]; and as the heat is brought low by the shadow of a cloud, so the song of the ruthless ones is brought low.H3665H7588H2114H2721H6724H2721H6738H5645H2159H6184H60306And on this Mount [Zion] shall the Lord of hosts make for all peoples a feast of rich things [symbolic of His coronation festival inaugurating the reign of the Lord on earth, in the wake of a background of gloom, judgment, and terror], a feast of wines on the lees--of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.H2022H3068H6635H6213H5971H4960H8081H4960H8105H8081H4229H8105H22127And He will destroy on this mountain the covering of the face that is cast over the heads of all peoples [in mourning], and the veil [of profound wretchedness] that is woven {and} spread over all nations.H1104H2022H6440H3875H3874H5971H4541H5259H14718He will swallow up death [in victory; He will abolish death forever]. And the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces; and the reproach of His people He will take away from off all the earth; for the Lord has spoken it.H1104H4194H5331H136H3069H4229H1832H6440H2781H5971H5493H776H3068H16969It shall be said in that day, Behold our God upon Whom we have waited {and} hoped, that He might save us! This is the Lord, we have waited for Him; we will be glad and rejoice in His salvation.H559H3117H430H6960H3467H3068H6960H1523H8055H344410For the hand of the Lord shall rest on this Mount [Zion], and Moab shall be threshed {and} trodden down in his place as straw is trodden down in the [filthy] water of a [primitive] cesspit.H2022H3027H3068H5117H4124H1758H4963H1758H1119H4087H432511And though [Moab] stretches forth his hands in the midst of [the filthy water] as a swimmer stretches out his hands to swim, the Lord will bring down [Moab's] pride in spite of the skillfulness of his hands {and} together with the spoils of his hands.H6566H3027H7130H7811H6566H7811H8213H1346H698H302712And the high fortifications of your walls [the Lord] will bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.H4013H4869H2346H7817H8213H5060H776H6083