For You have been a (A)stronghold for the helpless,
A stronghold for the poor in his distress,
A (B)refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat;
For the breath of the (C)ruthless
Is like a rain storm against a wall.

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You have been a refuge(A) for the poor,(B)
    a refuge for the needy(C) in their distress,
a shelter from the storm(D)
    and a shade from the heat.
For the breath of the ruthless(E)
    is like a storm driving against a wall

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Each will be like a (A)refuge from the wind
And a shelter from the storm,
Like [a](B)streams of water in a dry country,
Like the (C)shade of a [b]huge rock in an exhausted land.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 32:2 Lit canals
  2. Isaiah 32:2 Lit heavy

Each one will be like a shelter(A) from the wind
    and a refuge from the storm,(B)
like streams of water(C) in the desert(D)
    and the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land.

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