1 O Jehovah, my God Thou, I exalt Thee, I confess Thy name, For Thou hast done a wonderful thing, Counsels of old, stedfastness, O stedfast One.

O 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 in faithfulness and truth.

2 F or Thou didst make of a city a heap, Of a fenced city a ruin, A high place of strangers from a city, To the age it is not built.

For You have made a city a heap, a fortified city a ruin, a palace of aliens without a city; it will never be rebuilt.

3 T herefore honour Thee do a strong people, A city of the terrible nations feareth Thee.

Therefore a strong people will glorify You, a city of terrible and ruthless nations will fear You.

4 F or Thou hast been a stronghold for the poor, A stronghold for the needy in his distress, A refuge from storm, a shadow from heat, When the spirit of the terrible as a storm -- a wall.

For 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.

5 A s heat in a dry place, The noise of strangers Thou humblest, Heat with the shadow of a thick cloud, The singing of the terrible is humbled.

As the heat in a dry land You will bring down the noise of aliens; and as the heat is brought low by the shadow of a cloud, so the song of the ruthless ones is brought low.

6 A nd made hath Jehovah of Hosts, For all the peoples in this mount, A banquet of fat things, a banquet of preserved things, Fat things full of marrow, preserved things refined.

And on this Mount shall the Lord of hosts make for all peoples a feast of rich things, a feast of wines on the lees—of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.

7 A nd swallowed up hath He in this mountain The face of the wrapping that is wrapped over all the peoples, And of the covering that is spread over all the nations.

And He will destroy on this mountain the covering of the face that is cast over the heads of all peoples, and the veil that is woven and spread over all nations.

8 H e hath swallowed up death in victory, And wiped hath the Lord Jehovah, The tear from off all faces, And the reproach of His people He turneth aside from off all the earth, For Jehovah hath spoken.

He will swallow up death. 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.

9 A nd hath said in that day, `Lo, this our God, We waited for Him, and He saveth us, This Jehovah, we have waited for Him, We joy and rejoice in His salvation.'

It 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.

10 F or rest doth the hand of Jehovah on this mountain, And trodden down is Moab under Him, As trodden down is straw on a dunghill.

For the hand of the Lord shall rest on this Mount, and Moab shall be threshed and trodden down in his place as straw is trodden down in the water of a cesspit.

11 A nd he spread out his hands in its midst, As spread out doth the swimmer to swim; And He hath humbled his excellency With the machinations of his hands.

And though stretches forth his hands in the midst of as a swimmer stretches out his hands to swim, the Lord will bring down pride in spite of the skillfulness of his hands and together with the spoils of his hands.

12 A nd the fortress of the high place of thy walls He hath bowed down -- He hath made low, He hath caused to come to the earth, -- unto dust.

And the high fortifications of your walls will bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.