1 O LORD, thou art my God, I will praise thee, and magnify thy name: For thou bringest marvelous things to pass, according to thine old counsels, truly and steadfastly.
1 O Lord, You are (A)my God;I will exalt You, I will give thanks to Your name;For You have (B)worked wonders,(C)Plans formed long ago, with perfect faithfulness.
1 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.
1 Yahweh, You are my God;(A)I will exalt You. I will praise Your name,for You have accomplished wonders,plans formed long ago, with perfect faithfulness.
1 LORD, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for you have done marvelous things, plans made long ago in faithfulness and truth.
2 Thou makest of towns, heaps of stone; and of head
2 For You have made a city into a (D)heap,A (E)fortified city into a ruin;A (F)palace of strangers is a city no more,It will never be rebuilt.
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.
2 For You have turned the city into a pile of rocks,(B)a fortified city, into ruins;the fortress of barbarians(C) is no longer a city;it will never be rebuilt.
2 For you have made the city a heap of rubble, the fortified city into a ruin; the foreigners' citadel is no longer a city it will never be rebuilt!
3 Therefore shall the mighty people give glory unto thee, and the cities of the cruel Heathen must fear thee.
3 Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee.
3 Therefore, a strong people will honor You.The cities of violent nations will fear You.
3 Therefore strong nations will glorify you; cities of ruthless nations will revere you.
4 For thou art the poor man's help, and strength for the needful in his necessity. Thou art a defense against evil weather and a shadow against the heat, when the blast of the raging men is like a storm that casteth down a wall.
4 For You have been a (I)defense for the helpless,A defense for the needy in his distress,A (J)refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat;For the breath of the (K)ruthlessIs like a rain storm against a wall.
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.
4 For You have been a stronghold for the poor,a stronghold for the needy(D) person in his distress,a refuge from the rain, a shade from the heat.(E)When the breath of the violentis like rain against a wall,
4 For you have been a stronghold for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in distress, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat for the blistering attack from the ruthless is like a rainstorm beating against a wall,
5 Like as the heat in a dry place wasteth all things, so shalt thou suppress the noise of the aliens. The heat is abated with the shadow of the cloud; even so shall God assuage the noise of the cruel tyrants.
5 Like heat in drought, You subdue the (L)uproar of aliens;Like heat by the shadow of a cloud, the song of the ruthless is (a)silenced.
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.
5 like heat in a dry land,You subdue the uproar of barbarians.As(a) the shade of a cloud cools the heat of the day,so He silences the song of the violent.
5 and the noise of foreigners is like the heat of the desert. Just as you subdue heat by the shade of clouds, so the victory songs of violent men will be stilled.
6 Moreover, the LORD of Hosts shall once prepare a feast for all people upon the hill: A plenteous, costly, pleasant feast, of fat and well-fed beasts, of sweet and most pure things.
6 (M)The Lord of hosts will prepare a (b)lavish banquet for (N)all peoples on this mountain;A banquet of (c)aged wine, (d)choice pieces with marrow,And (e)refined, aged wine.
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.
6 The Lord of Hosts will prepare a feast(F)for all the peoples on this mountain(b)(G)—a feast of aged wine, choice meat,(c) finely aged wine.
6 "On this mountain, the LORD of the Heavenly Armies will prepare for all nations a banquet of rich food, a banquet of well-aged wines rich food full of marrow, and refined wines of the finest vintage
7 Upon the hill shall he take away the side veil that hangeth before the face of all people, and the covering wherewith all Gentiles are covered.
7 And on this mountain He will swallow up the (f)(O)covering which is over all peoples,Even the veil which is (g)stretched over all nations.
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.
7 On this mountainHe will destroy the burial shroud,the shroud over all the peoples,the sheet covering all the nations;(H)
7 And on this mountain, he will swallow up the burial shroud that enfolds all nations, the veil that is spread over all nations
8 As for death, he shall utterly consume it. The LORD God shall wipe away the tears from all faces, and take away the rebuke of his people through the whole world. For the LORD himself hath said it.
8 He will (P)swallow up death for all time,And the Lord (h)God will (Q)wipe tears away from all faces,And He will remove the (R)reproach of His people from all the earth;For the Lord has spoken.
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.
8 He will destroy death forever.(I)The Lord God will wipe away the tearsfrom every face(J)and remove His people’s disgrace(K)from the whole earth,for the Lord has spoken.
8 he has swallowed up death forever! Then the Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from all faces, and he will take away the disgrace of his people from the entire earth." for the LORD has spoken.
9 In that day shall it be said, "Lo, this is our God: we have waited for him, and he shall save us. This is the LORD in whom we have hoped: Let us rejoice, and delight in his salvation.
9 And it will be said in that day,“Behold, (S)this is our God for whom we have (T)waited that (U)He might save us.This is the Lord for whom we have waited;(V)Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”
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.
9 On that day it will be said,“Look, this is our God;we have waited for Him, and He has saved us.This is the Lord; we have waited for Him.Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”(L)
9 "And you will say at that time, "Look! It's the LORD! This is our God! We waited for him, and he saved us. This is the LORD! We waited for him, so let us rejoice, and we will be glad that he has saved us."
10 For the hand of the LORD ceaseth upon this hill. But Moab shall be threshed down under him, like as the straw is trodden under feet in a dunghill.
10 For the hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain,And (W)Moab will be trodden down in his placeAs straw is trodden down in the water of a manure pile.
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.
10 For the Lord’s power will rest on this mountain.But Moab(M) will be trampled in his place(d)as straw is trampled in a dung pile.
10 For the LORD's power will rest on this mountain, but the Moabites will be trodden down beneath him, just as straw is trodden down in the slime of a manure pit.
11 For he shall stretch out his hand in the midst of them, like as a swimmer doth to swim. And with the strength of his hands shall he bring down their pride.
11 And he will (X)spread out his hands in the middle of itAs a swimmer spreads out his hands to swim,But the Lord will (Y)lay low his pride together with the trickery of his hands.
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.
11 He will spread out his arms in the middle of it,as a swimmer spreads out his arms to swim.His pride will be brought low,along with the trickery of his hands.(N)
11 They will spread out their hands in the thick of it, just as swimmers spread out their hands to swim, but the LORD will bring down their pride, together with the cleverness of their hands.
12 The stronghold also, and defense of thy walls hath he overthrown and cast down: and brought them to the ground, even into the dust.
12 The (Z)unassailable fortifications of your walls He will bring down,Lay low and cast to the ground, even to the dust.
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.
12 He brings down the high fortifications of your walls and lays them low; he will raze them to the ground, right down to the dust.
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