25 Yes, Yahweh, you’re my god.

I will honour you and thank your name/reputation

because you’ve done incredible things,

planned long back in perfect faithfulness.

2 Yes, you can make a city into a heap of rubble,

or a fortified town into ruins.

You’ve destroyed some strangers’ fortresses—never to be rebuilt again.

3 So yes, strong people will honour you—

The towns in ruthless nations will fear you,

4 because you’ve been a safe place to be shelter for those who are distressed—

a shelter from the rain and a shade from the hot sun,

because the breath of ruthless people is like rain beating against a wall,

5 and like heat in a dry land.

You subdued the uproar from foreigners,

like the shade of a cloud reduces the heat.

He’ll quieten down the song of ruthless people.