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You have destroyed cities
    so that they become a heap of stones.
You have destroyed the strongest cities.
The beautiful palaces in foreign lands have disappeared.
    Nobody will build them again.
So people of strong nations will praise you.
    The people of cruel nations will be afraid of you.
You Lord have been a safe place for poor people.
When helpless people were in trouble,
    you have kept them safe.
You were a place for them to hide from the storm.
    You gave them shade from the heat.
Yes, cruel people attack them
    like a storm that hits against a wall.

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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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