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People from powerful nations will honor you.
    Cruel people from strong cities will fear you.
You help the poor people.
    You help the helpless when they are in danger.
You are like a shelter from storms.
    You are like shade that protects them from the heat.
The cruel people attack
    like a rainstorm beating against the wall.
    The cruel people burn like the heat in the desert.
But you, God, stop their violent attack.
    As a cloud cools a hot day,
    Lord, you silence the songs of those who have no mercy.

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Therefore strong peoples will honor you;(A)
    cities of ruthless(B) nations will revere you.
You have been a refuge(C) for the poor,(D)
    a refuge for the needy(E) in their distress,
a shelter from the storm(F)
    and a shade from the heat.
For the breath of the ruthless(G)
    is like a storm driving against a wall
    and like the heat of the desert.
You silence(H) the uproar of foreigners;(I)
    as heat is reduced by the shadow of a cloud,
    so the song of the ruthless(J) is stilled.

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