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Therefore a strong people will honor you,
    ruthless nations will fear you.
For you have been a refuge to the poor,
    a refuge to the needy in their distress;
Shelter from the rain,
    shade from the heat.(A)
When the blast of the ruthless was like a winter rain,
    the roar of strangers like heat in the desert,
You subdued the heat with the shade of a cloud,
    the rain of the tyrants was vanquished.

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Therefore strong peoples will honor you;(A)
    cities of ruthless(B) nations will revere you.
You have been a refuge(C) for the poor,(D)
    a refuge for the needy(E) in their distress,
a shelter from the storm(F)
    and a shade from the heat.
For the breath of the ruthless(G)
    is like a storm driving against a wall
    and like the heat of the desert.
You silence(H) the uproar of foreigners;(I)
    as heat is reduced by the shadow of a cloud,
    so the song of the ruthless(J) is stilled.

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