⁴ For You have been a strength to the poor,
A strength to the needy in his distress,
^(A)A refuge from the storm,
A shade from the heat;
For the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.

¹⁷ Though the fig tree may not blossom,
Nor fruit be on the vines;
Though the labor of the olive may fail,
And the fields yield no food;
Though the flock may be cut off from the fold,
And there be no herd in the stalls—
¹⁸ Yet I will ^(A)rejoice in the Lord,
I will joy in the God of my salvation.