A Song of Praise to the Lord
1Lord, you are my God.
I will honor you.
I will praise your name.
You have been perfectly faithful.
You have done wonderful things.
You had planned them long ago.
2You have turned cities into piles of trash.
You have pulled down the high walls that were around them.
You have destroyed our enemies’ forts.
They will never be rebuilt.
3Powerful nations will honor you.
Even sinful people from their cities will have respect for you.
4Poor people have come to you for safety.
You have kept needy people safe when they were in trouble.
You have been a place to hide when storms came.
You have been a shade from the heat of the sun.
Evil people attack us.
They are like a storm beating against a wall.
5They are like the heat of the desert.
You stopped the noisy shouts of our enemies.
You kept them from winning the battle over us and singing about it.
You are like the shadow of a cloud that cools the earth.
6On Mount Zion the Lord who rules over all will prepare
a feast for all the nations.
The best and richest foods
and the finest aged wines will be served.
7On that mountain the Lord will destroy
the veil of sadness that covers all the nations.
He will destroy the gloom that is spread over everyone.
8He will swallow up death forever.
The Lord and King will wipe away the tears
from everyone’s face.
He will remove the shame of his people
from the whole earth.
The Lord has spoken.
9At that time they will say,
“He is our God.
We trusted in him, and he saved us.
He is the Lord. We trusted in him.
Let us be filled with joy because he saved us.”
10The Lord’s power will keep Mount Zion safe.
But the people of Moab will be crushed in their land.
They will be crushed just as straw is crushed in animal waste.
11They will try to swim their way out of it.
They will spread out their hands in it,
just as swimmers spread out their hands to swim.
But God will bring down Moab’s pride.
None of their skill will help them.
12He will pull down their high, strong walls.
He will bring them down to the ground.
He’ll bring them right down to the dust.
赞美之歌
1耶和华啊！你是我的上帝，我要尊崇你，赞美你的名。你信实无比，
按你古时定下的计划行了奇妙的事。
2你使城邑沦为废墟，
使坚垒沦为荒场。
外族人的宫殿不复存在，
永远不能重建。
3因此，强盛的国家必颂扬你，
残暴的民族必敬畏你。
4你是贫穷人的避难所，
是困苦之人患难中的避难所，
你是避风港，
是酷暑中的阴凉处。
残暴之徒的气息好像吹袭墙垣的暴风，
5又像沙漠中的热气。
但你平息外族人的喧哗，
止息残暴之徒的歌声，
好像云朵消去酷热。
6在锡安山上，万军之耶和华必为天下万民摆设丰盛的宴席，有陈年佳酿和精选的美食。 7在这山上，祂必除去遮蔽万民的面纱和笼罩万国的幔子。 8祂必永远吞灭死亡。主耶和华必擦去各人脸上的眼泪，从世上除掉祂子民的羞辱。这是耶和华说的。 9到那日，人们必说：“看啊，这是我们的上帝，我们信靠祂，祂拯救了我们。这是耶和华，我们信靠祂，我们要因祂的拯救而欢喜快乐。” 10耶和华必伸手保护这山，但摩押人必被践踏，像干草被践踏在粪池中。 11他们必在里面张开手臂，好像张开手臂游泳的人一样。耶和华必摧毁他们的骄傲，挫败他们手中的诡计。 12祂必拆毁他们高大坚固的城墙，将其夷为平地、化为尘土。
