THIS IS OUR GOD

O LORD, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, 

I will praise thy name; for thou hast done 

wonderful things; thy counsels of old are 

faithfulness and truth. For thou hast made 

of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: 

a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall 

never be built. Therefore shall the strong 

people glorify thee, the city of the terrible 

nations shall fear thee. For thou hast been 

a strength to the poor, a strength to the 

needy in his distress, a refuge from the 

storm, a shadow from the heat, when the 

blast of the terrible ones is as a storm 

against the wall. Thou shalt bring down 

the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry 

place; even the heat with the shadow of a 

cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall 

be brought low.  And in this mountain 

shall the LORD of hosts make unto all 

people a feast of fat things, a feast of 

wines on the lees, of fat things full 

of marrow, of wines on the lees well 

refined. And he will destroy in this 

mountain the face of the covering 

cast over all people, and the vail 

that is spread over all nations.  He 

will swallow up death in victory; 

and the Lord GOD will wipe away 

tears from off all faces; and the 

rebuke of his people shall he take 

away from off all the earth: for the 

LORD hath spoken it. And it shall 

be said in that day, Lo, this is our 

God; we have waited for him, and 

he will save us: this is the LORD; 

we have waited for him, we will 

be glad and rejoice in his salvation.

For in this mountain shall the hand 

of the LORD rest, and Moab shall 

be trodden down under him, even 

as straw is trodden down for the 

dunghill. And he shall spread forth 

his hands in the midst of them, as 

he that swimmeth spreadeth forth 

his hands to swim: and he shall 

bring down their pride together 

with the spoils of their hands. And 

the fortress of the high fort of thy 

walls shall he bring down, lay low, 

and bring to the ground, even 

to the dust.

ISAIAH 25