- 1. ¶ IN that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah: O city whose salvation has prevailed, build the walls and the bulwarks;
- 2. Open the gates, that the righteous peoples who keep faith and that the truth may enter in.
- 3. Thou wilt keep us in perfect peace, for in thee we have trusted, O LORD, for ever and ever.
- 4. For the LORD God is an everlasting strength;
- 5. ¶ He brings down those that dwell on high; the lofty city, he shall lay it low, even to the ground; he brings it even to the dust.
- 6. The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor and the steps of the needy.
- 7. The way of the humble is straight; the path of the righteous is straight and level.
- 8. Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is for thy name, and to remembrance of thee.
- 9. My soul has 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. The wicked has gone far off that he may not learn righteousness; chastisement in the land brings correction; the wicked shall not behold the majesty of the LORD.
- 11. O LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see; but they shall see and be ashamed for the zeal of the people; yea, let the fire of the oven devour thine enemies.
- 12. ¶ O LORD, thou wilt give us peace; for thou also hast wrought all our works for us.
- 13. O LORD our God, other lords besides thee have had dominion over us; but thy name alone will we mention;
- 14. For they do not raise the dead, they do not raise the mighty men; therefore thou hast 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 hast removed it afar and scattered it to all the ends of the earth.
- 16. O LORD, in distress have they sought thee, and in siege they muttered the incantation invoking thy discipline.
- 17. Like a woman with child, who draws near the time of her delivery, and is in pain, and cries out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O LORD.
- 18. We have been with child, we have been in pain like those who brought forth wind; save us lest we perish in the earth, lest the inhabitants of the world come to an end.
- 19. Thy dead men shall live, their dead bodies shall arise. Those who dwell in the dust shall awake and sing, for thy dew is a dew of light, and the land of the giants thou shalt overthrow.
- 20. ¶ Come, my people, enter into your chambers and shut your doors behind you; hide yourselves as it were for a little time, until my indignation has passed away.
- 21. For, behold, the LORD is coming out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; and the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
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