1In that day shall this song be sung in the
land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation
will God appoint for walls
and bulwarks.
2Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation
which keepeth the truth may enter in.
3Thou wilt keep him in
perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on
thee: because he trusteth in thee.
4Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the
LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting
strength:
5For he bringeth down them that dwell on
high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it
low, even to
the ground; he bringeth it even to
the dust.
6The foot shall tread it down, even the
feet of the poor, and the
steps of the needy.
7The way of the just is uprightness:
thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.
8Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD,
have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to
thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
9With my soul have I desired thee in the
night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek
thee early: for when thy judgments are in
the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn
righteousness.
10Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will
he not learn righteousness: in the land of
uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not
behold the majesty of the LORD.
11LORD, when thy
hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they
shall see, and be ashamed for their envy
at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall
devour them.
12LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for
thou also hast wrought all our works in us.
13O LORD our God, other lords
beside thee have had dominion over us: but by
thee only will we make mention of thy name.
14They
are dead, they shall not live; they
are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore
hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all
their memory to perish.
15Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD,
thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified:
thou hadst removed it far unto all
the ends of the earth.
16LORD, in trouble have they visited thee,
they poured out a prayer when thy
chastening was upon
them.
17Like as a woman with child, that draweth
near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth
out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O
LORD.
18We have been with child, we have been in
pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have
not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither
have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
19Thy dead men shall
live, together
with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and
sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is
as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast
out the dead.
20Come, my people, enter thou into thy
chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide
thyself as it were for a little moment, until the
indignation be overpast.
21For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his
place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for
their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her
blood, and shall no more cover her slain.