En lovsang til Herren
1Almægtige Gud, du er min Gud.
Jeg vil synge din pris og ære dit navn.
Underfulde ting har du gjort,
udført dine planer fra fortids dage.
2Byer har du lagt i ruiner,
jævnet fæstningsværker med jorden.
Fjendens paladser er sunket i grus
for aldrig mere at genopbygges.
3Mægtige nationer skal lovprise dig,
ondskabens byer skal ryste af skræk,
4for du frelser dem, som stoler på dig,
du hjælper de svage i deres nød.
Du giver dem læ for stormen og skygge for heden,
du værner dem mod den ondskab og vold,
der pisker imod dem som regn mod en mur.
5Som kølende skyer i ørkenens hede
dæmper du voldsmænds voldsomme vrede.
En fest for alverdens folk
6På Zions bjerg vil Herren holde fest for alverdens folkeslag, et gilde med lækre retter og udsøgte vine. 7Til den tid vil han fjerne det tæppe af frygt, som indhyller alle folkeslag, 8for han vil tilintetgøre døden for evigt. Gud Herren vil tørre tårerne bort fra hver kind og fjerne forhånelsen af sit folk overalt på jorden. Det er Herren, der har talt.
9Da skal hele folket udbryde: „Han er vores Gud! Vi satte vores lid til ham, og han frelste os. Han er den Herre, som vi ventede på med længsel. Lad os juble og glæde os, fordi han har frelst os.”
10Herrens velsignelse hviler over Zions bjerg, men moabitterne bliver trampet ned som halm i en mødding. 11De kæmper for at holde sig oven vande, men trods deres dygtighed ydmyger Herren dem for deres stoltheds og indbildskheds skyld. 12Deres tårnhøje mure nedbryder han, så de synker i grus og bliver til støv.
1O 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. 2For 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. 3Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee. 4For 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. 5Thou 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.
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. 7And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations.25.7 destroy: Heb. swallow up25.7 cast: Heb. covered 8He 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.
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. 10For 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.25.10 trodden down under: or, threshed, etc25.10 trodden down for…: or, threshed in Madmenah 11And 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. 12And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.
