Our God is a tower of strength
to those who are oppressed,
a fortress in time of trouble.
Those who know you put their trust in you
for you never abandon those who come to you.
The nations are plunged into a pit of their own making
and snared in their own deceptions.
But you rouse yourself and justice is done.
You are moved by the plight of the needy
So that the hope of poor people is not crushed for ever.
Photo: Portchester Castle, UK