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You Keep Him in Perfect Peace
In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah:
“We have a strong city;
he sets up salvation
as walls and bulwarks.
In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah:
“We have a strong city;
he sets up salvation
as walls and bulwarks.
A Song of Praise to the LORD
In that day, everyone in the land of Judah will sing this song:
Our city is strong!
We are surrounded by the walls of God’s salvation.
In that day, everyone in the land of Judah will sing this song:
Our city is strong!
We are surrounded by the walls of God’s salvation.
Open the gates,
that the righteous nation that keeps faith may enter in.
that the righteous nation that keeps faith may enter in.
Open the gates to all who are righteous;
allow the faithful to enter.
allow the faithful to enter.
You keep him in perfect peace
whose mind is stayed on you,
because he trusts in you.
whose mind is stayed on you,
because he trusts in you.
You will keep in perfect peace
all who trust in you,
all whose thoughts are fixed on you!
all who trust in you,
all whose thoughts are fixed on you!
Trust in the Lord forever,
for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.
for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.
Trust in the LORD always,
for the LORD God is the eternal Rock.
for the LORD God is the eternal Rock.
For he has humbled
the inhabitants of the height,
the lofty city.
He lays it low, lays it low to the ground,
casts it to the dust.
the inhabitants of the height,
the lofty city.
He lays it low, lays it low to the ground,
casts it to the dust.
He humbles the proud
and brings down the arrogant city.
He brings it down to the dust.
and brings down the arrogant city.
He brings it down to the dust.
The foot tramples it,
the feet of the poor,
the steps of the needy.”
the feet of the poor,
the steps of the needy.”
The poor and oppressed trample it underfoot,
and the needy walk all over it.
and the needy walk all over it.
The path of the righteous is level;
you make level the way of the righteous.
you make level the way of the righteous.
But for those who are righteous,
the way is not steep and rough.
You are a God who does what is right,
and you smooth out the path ahead of them.
the way is not steep and rough.
You are a God who does what is right,
and you smooth out the path ahead of them.
In the path of your judgments,
O Lord, we wait for you;
your name and remembrance
are the desire of our soul.
O Lord, we wait for you;
your name and remembrance
are the desire of our soul.
LORD, we show our trust in you by obeying your laws;
our heart’s desire is to glorify your name.
our heart’s desire is to glorify your name.
My soul yearns for you in the night;
my spirit within me earnestly seeks you.
For when your judgments are in the earth,
the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
my spirit within me earnestly seeks you.
For when your judgments are in the earth,
the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
If favor is shown to the wicked,
he does not learn righteousness;
in the land of uprightness he deals corruptly
and does not see the majesty of the Lord.
he does not learn righteousness;
in the land of uprightness he deals corruptly
and does not see the majesty of the Lord.
Your kindness to the wicked
does not make them do good.
Although others do right, the wicked keep doing wrong
and take no notice of the LORD’s majesty.
does not make them do good.
Although others do right, the wicked keep doing wrong
and take no notice of the LORD’s majesty.
O Lord, your hand is lifted up,
but they do not see it.
Let them see your zeal for your people, and be ashamed.
Let the fire for your adversaries consume them.
but they do not see it.
Let them see your zeal for your people, and be ashamed.
Let the fire for your adversaries consume them.
O LORD, they pay no attention to your upraised fist.
Show them your eagerness to defend your people.
Then they will be ashamed.
Let your fire consume your enemies.
Show them your eagerness to defend your people.
Then they will be ashamed.
Let your fire consume your enemies.
O Lord, you will ordain peace for us,
for you have indeed done for us all our works.
for you have indeed done for us all our works.
LORD, you will grant us peace;
all we have accomplished is really from you.
all we have accomplished is really from you.
O Lord our God,
other lords besides you have ruled over us,
but your name alone we bring to remembrance.
other lords besides you have ruled over us,
but your name alone we bring to remembrance.
O LORD our God, others have ruled us,
but you alone are the one we worship.
but you alone are the one we worship.
They are dead, they will not live;
they are shades, they will not arise;
to that end you have visited them with destruction
and wiped out all remembrance of them.
they are shades, they will not arise;
to that end you have visited them with destruction
and wiped out all remembrance of them.
Those we served before are dead and gone.
Their departed spirits will never return!
You attacked them and destroyed them,
and they are long forgotten.
Their departed spirits will never return!
You attacked them and destroyed them,
and they are long forgotten.
But you have increased the nation, O Lord,
you have increased the nation; you are glorified;
you have enlarged all the borders of the land.
you have increased the nation; you are glorified;
you have enlarged all the borders of the land.
O LORD, you have made our nation great;
yes, you have made us great.
You have extended our borders,
and we give you the glory!
yes, you have made us great.
You have extended our borders,
and we give you the glory!
O Lord, in distress they sought you;
they poured out a whispered prayer
when your discipline was upon them.
they poured out a whispered prayer
when your discipline was upon them.
LORD, in distress we searched for you.
We prayed beneath the burden of your discipline.
We prayed beneath the burden of your discipline.
Like a pregnant woman
who writhes and cries out in her pangs
when she is near to giving birth,
so were we because of you, O Lord;
who writhes and cries out in her pangs
when she is near to giving birth,
so were we because of you, O Lord;
Just as a pregnant woman
writhes and cries out in pain as she gives birth,
so were we in your presence, LORD.
writhes and cries out in pain as she gives birth,
so were we in your presence, LORD.
we were pregnant, we writhed,
but we have given birth to wind.
We have accomplished no deliverance in the earth,
and the inhabitants of the world have not fallen.
but we have given birth to wind.
We have accomplished no deliverance in the earth,
and the inhabitants of the world have not fallen.
We, too, writhe in agony,
but nothing comes of our suffering.
We have not given salvation to the earth,
nor brought life into the world.
but nothing comes of our suffering.
We have not given salvation to the earth,
nor brought life into the world.
Your dead shall live; their bodies shall rise.
You who dwell in the dust, awake and sing for joy!
For your dew is a dew of light,
and the earth will give birth to the dead.
You who dwell in the dust, awake and sing for joy!
For your dew is a dew of light,
and the earth will give birth to the dead.
But those who die in the LORD will live;
their bodies will rise again!
Those who sleep in the earth
will rise up and sing for joy!
For your life-giving light will fall like dew
on your people in the place of the dead!
Restoration for Israel
their bodies will rise again!
Those who sleep in the earth
will rise up and sing for joy!
For your life-giving light will fall like dew
on your people in the place of the dead!
Restoration for Israel
Come, my people, enter your chambers,
and shut your doors behind you;
hide yourselves for a little while
until the fury has passed by.
and shut your doors behind you;
hide yourselves for a little while
until the fury has passed by.
Go home, my people,
and lock your doors!
Hide yourselves for a little while
until the LORD’s anger has passed.
and lock your doors!
Hide yourselves for a little while
until the LORD’s anger has passed.
For behold, the Lord is coming out from his place
to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity,
and the earth will disclose the blood shed on it,
and will no more cover its slain.
to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity,
and the earth will disclose the blood shed on it,
and will no more cover its slain.
Look! The LORD is coming from heaven
to punish the people of the earth for their sins.
The earth will no longer hide those who have been killed.
They will be brought out for all to see.
to punish the people of the earth for their sins.
The earth will no longer hide those who have been killed.
They will be brought out for all to see.