In 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.
02 Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation
which keepeth the truth may enter in.
03 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose
mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in
thee.
04 Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord
JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:
05 For 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.
06 The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of
the poor, and the steps of the needy.
07 The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most
upright, dost weigh the path of the just.
08 Yea, 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.
09 With 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.
10 Let 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.
11 Lord, 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.
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12 Lord, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou
also hast wrought all our works in us.
13 O Lord our God, other lords beside thee have
had dominion over us: but by thee only will we
make mention of thy name.
14 They 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.
15 Thou 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.
16 Lord, in trouble have they visited thee, they
poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon
them.
17 Like 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.
18 We 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.
19 Thy 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.
20 Come, 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.
21 For, 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.
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