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Your power is awesome. You have brought down whole cities,
    turned fortresses and strongholds into piles of sticks and rubble.
A citadel of foreigners is no longer even a city.
    Those structures are gone forever.
This is why nations strong and mighty will glorify You;
    the cities of ruthless people will fear and respect You.

Because You stand up for the poor and weak,
    You comfort and empower them in their distress,
Giving them safe harbor and cool shade when it’s hot;
    You shelter them from their oppressors’ blows
As a strong wall holds back the driving rain.

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You have made the city a heap of rubble,(A)
    the fortified(B) town a ruin,(C)
the foreigners’ stronghold(D) a city no more;
    it will never be rebuilt.(E)
Therefore strong peoples will honor you;(F)
    cities of ruthless(G) nations will revere you.
You have been a refuge(H) for the poor,(I)
    a refuge for the needy(J) in their distress,
a shelter from the storm(K)
    and a shade from the heat.
For the breath of the ruthless(L)
    is like a storm driving against a wall

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