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LORD, You are ^(C1)my God; I will exalt You, I will give thanks to Your name; For You have ^(C2)worked wonders, ^(C3)Plans formed long ago, with perfect faithfulness.

For You have turned a city into a ^(C1)heap, A ^(C2)fortified city into a ruin; A ^(C3)palace of strangers is no longer a city, It will never be rebuilt.

Therefore a strong people will ^(C1)glorify You; ^(C2)Cities of ruthless nations will revere You.

For You have been a ^(C1)stronghold for the helpless, A stronghold for the poor in his distress, A ^(C2)refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat; For the breath of the ^(C3)ruthless Is like a rain storm against a wall.

Like heat in a dry land, You subdue the ^(C1)uproar of foreigners; Like heat by the shadow of a cloud, the song of the ruthless is ^(F1)silenced.

^(C1)Now the LORD of armies will prepare a ^(F1)lavish banquet for ^(C2)all peoples on this mountain; A banquet of ^(F2)aged wine, ^(F3)choice pieces with marrow, And ^(F4)refined, aged wine.

And on this mountain He will destroy the ^(F1)(C1)covering which is over all peoples, The veil which is ^(F2)stretched over all nations.

He will ^(F1)(C1)swallow up death for all time, And the Lord ^(F2)GOD will ^(C2)wipe tears away from all faces, And He will remove the ^(C3)disgrace of His people from all the earth; For the LORD has spoken.

And it will be said on that day, "Behold, ^(C1)this is our God for whom we have ^(C2)waited ^(F1)that ^(C3)He might save us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited; ^(C4)Let's rejoice and be glad in His salvation."

For the hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain, And ^(C1)Moab will be trampled down in his place As straw is trampled down in the water of a manure pile.

And he will ^(C1)spread out his hands in the middle of it As a swimmer spreads out his hands to swim, But the Lord will ^(C2)lay low his pride together with the trickery of his hands.

The ^(C1)unassailable fortifications of your walls He will bring down, Lay low, and throw to the ground, to the dust.