25:1 O Lord God, I will glorify thee, I will
sing to thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things, [even] an ancient
[and] faithful counsel. So be it.
25:2 For thou hast made cities a heap, [even] cities [made] strong that
their foundations should not fall: the city of ungodly men shall not be
built for ever.
25:3 Therefore shall the poor people bless thee, and cities of injured men
shall bless thee.
25:4 For thou hast been a helper to every lowly city, and a shelter to them
that were disheartened by reason of poverty: thou shalt deliver them from
wicked men: [thou hast been] a shelter of them that thirst, and a refreshing
air to injured men.
25:5 [We were] as faint-hearted men thirsting in Sion, by reason of ungodly
men to whom thou didst deliver us.
25:6 And the Lord of hosts shall make [a feast] for all the nations: on this
mount they shall drink gladness, they shall drink wine:
25:7 they shall anoint themselves with ointment in this mountain. Impart
thou all these things to the nations; for this is [God's] counsel upon all
the nations.
25:8 Death has prevailed and swallowed [men] up; but again the Lord God has
taken away every tear from every face. He has taken away the reproach of
[his] people from all the earth: for the mouth off the Lord has spoken it.
25:9 And in that day they shall say, behold our God in whom we have trusted,
and h shall save us: this [is] the Lord; we have waited for him, and we have
exulted, and will rejoice in our salvation.
25:10 God will give rest on this mountain, and the country of Moab shall be
trodden down, as they tread the floor with waggons.
25:11 And he shall spread forth his hands, even as he also brings down [man]
to destroy [him]: and he shall bring low his pride [in regard to the thing]
on which he has laid his hands.
25:12 And he shall bring down the height of the refuge of the wall, and it
shall come down even to the ground. |
25:1 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.
25:2 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.
25:3 Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the
terrible nations shall fear thee.
25:4 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.
25:5 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.
25:6 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.
25:7 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.
25:8 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.
25:9 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.
25:10 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.
25:11 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.
25:12 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. |