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1 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.
2 Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.
* 3 Thou wilt keep
him in perfect peace,
whose mind
is stayed
on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
†‡ 4 Trust ye in the
LORD for ever: for in the
LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:
§ 5 ¶ 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.
6 The foot shall tread it down,
even the feet of the poor,
and the steps of the needy.
7 The way of the just
is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.
8 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.
9 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.
** 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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