³ People from powerful nations will ·honor [glorify] you;
    ·cruel people from strong cities [^Lcities of cruel/ruthless people] will fear you.
⁴ You ·protect [^Lare a refuge/stronghold to] the poor;
    you protect the ·helpless [needy] when they are in ·danger [distress].
You are like a shelter from storms,
    like shade that protects them from the heat.
The ·cruel people attack [^Lbreath of the cruel/ruthless]
    like a rainstorm beating against the wall,
⁵     like the ·heat [or drought] in the desert.
But you, God, ·stop their violent attack [^Lsubdue/silence the uproar of foreigners].
    As the shadow from a cloud cools a hot day,
you silence the songs of ·those who have no mercy [the ruthless].