² For you have made the city ^(A)a heap,
    the fortified city a ruin;
the foreigners' palace is a city no more;
    it will never be rebuilt.

^4 (A)For you have been a stronghold to the poor,
    a stronghold to the needy in his distress,
    ^(B)a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat;
^(C)for the breath of the ruthless is like a storm against a wall,

^{5     (A)}like heat in a dry place.
You subdue the noise of the foreigners;
    as heat by the shade of a cloud,
    so the song of the ruthless is put down.