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.
Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.
Thou wilt keep him* in perfect peace, whose* mind is* stayed on thee:* because he trusteth in thee.
Trust ye in the \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w** for ever: for in the \+w LORD|strong="H3050"\+w** \+w JEHOVAH|strong="H3068"\+w** is* everlasting strength:
¶ 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.
The foot shall tread it down, even* the feet of the poor, and* the steps of the needy.
The way of the just is* uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.
Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w**, have we waited for thee; the desire of our* soul is* to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
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.
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 \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w**.
\+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w**, 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.
¶ \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w**, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us.
O \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w** our God, other* lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but* by thee only will we make mention of thy name.
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.
Thou hast increased the nation, O \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w**, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it* far unto* all the ends of the earth.
\+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w**, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when* thy chastening was* upon them.
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 \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w**.
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.
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.
¶ 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.
For, behold, the \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w** 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.