a tower of refuge to the poor

Oh LORD,  I will praise and honor your name,

For you are my God.

You do such wonderful things!

You plan them long ago,

and now you have accomplished them.

You turn mighty cities into heaps of ruin.

Cities with strong towers are turned into rubble.

Beautiful palaces in distant land disappear

and will never be rebuilt .

Therefore, strong nations will declare your glory;

ruthless nations will fear you.

But you are a tower of refuge to the poor, O LORD,

a tower of refuge to the needy in distress.

You are a refuge from the storm

and a shelter from the heat.

For the oppressive acts of ruthless people

are like a storm beating against a wall,

Or the relentless heat of the desert..

But you silence the roar of foreign nations.

As the shade of a cloud cools relentless heat,

So the boastful songs of a ruthless people are stilled.

Isaiah 25: 1 – 5 (New Living Translation)