“For you have been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the blast of the dreaded ones is like a storm against the wall.”
— WEB
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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.
“For you have been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the blast of the dreaded ones is like a storm against the wall.”
— WEB
“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.”
— KJV
“For thou hast been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.”
— ASV
the poor . . . needy--the Jews, exiles from their country (Isa 26:6; Isa 41:17). heat--calamity (Isa 4:6; Isa 32:2). blast--that is, wrath. storm--a tempest of rain, a winter flood, rushing against and overthrowing the wall of a house.
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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