² 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)

⁴ You have been a refuge^(A) for the poor,^(B)
    a refuge for the needy^(C) in their distress,
a shelter from the storm^(D)
    and a shade from the heat.
For the breath of the ruthless^(E)
    is like a storm driving against a wall

⁵     and like the heat of the desert.
You silence^(A) the uproar of foreigners;^(B)
    as heat is reduced by the shadow of a cloud,
    so the song of the ruthless^(C) is stilled.