O LORD, you are my God, I extol you, I praise your name; For you have carried out your wonderful plans of old, faithful and true. 2 For you have made the city a heap, the fortified city a ruin, The castle of the insolent, a city no more, not ever to be rebuilt. 3 Therefore a strong people will honor you, ruthless nations will fear you. 4 For you have been a refuge to the poor, a refuge to the needy in their distress; Shelter from the rain, shade from the heat. When the blast of the ruthless was like a winter rain, 5 the roar of strangers like heat in the desert, You subdued the heat with the shade of a cloud, the rain of the tyrants was vanquished. 6 On this mountain the LORD of hosts will provide for all peoples A feast of rich food and choice wines, juicy, rich food and pure, choice wines. 7 On this mountain he will destroy the veil that veils all peoples, The web that is woven over all nations. 8 He will destroy death forever. The LORD God will wipe away the tears from all faces; The reproach of his people he will remove from the whole earth; for the Lord has spoken. 9 On that day it will be said: “Indeed, this is our God; we looked to him, and he saved us! This is the LORD to whom we looked; let us rejoice and be glad that he has saved us!”