For you have made the city (A)a heap,
    the fortified city a ruin;
the foreigners' palace is a city no more;
    it will never be rebuilt.
(B)Therefore strong peoples will glorify you;
    cities of ruthless nations will fear you.
(C)For you have been a stronghold to the poor,
    a stronghold to the needy in his distress,
    (D)a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat;
(E)for the breath of the ruthless is like a storm against a wall,

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