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For You have been a defense to the poor,
    a defense to the needy in his distress,
a refuge from the storm,
    a shadow from the heat;
for the breath of the ruthless ones
    is as a storm against the wall.
    You bring down the noise of strangers,
as heat in drought;
    as the heat by the shadow of a cloud,
    the song of the ruthless ones shall be brought low.

In this mountain the Lord of Hosts shall prepare
    for all people a lavish feast,
a feast of aged wines,
    choice pieces full of marrow, and refined, aged wines.

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