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Those wild foreigners struck
    like scorching desert heat.
But you were like a cloud,
    protecting us from the sun.
You kept our enemies from singing
    songs of victory.

The Lord Has Saved Us

On this mountain
    the Lord All-Powerful
will prepare for all nations
    a feast of the finest foods.
Choice wines and the best meats
    will be served.
Here the Lord will strip away
the burial clothes
    that cover the nations.

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    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.

On this mountain(D) the Lord Almighty will prepare
    a feast(E) of rich food for all peoples,
a banquet of aged wine—
    the best of meats and the finest of wines.(F)
On this mountain he will destroy
    the shroud(G) that enfolds all peoples,(H)
the sheet that covers all nations;

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