4 For Thou hast been a ma’oz (refuge) to the poor,

a ma’oz to the evyon in his tzoros,

a makheseh (shelter, cover) from the zerem (shower, storm, downpour),

a tzel (shade) from the chorev (heat),

when the ruach of the ruthless ones

is like a zerem (shower, storm, downpour) against a wall.