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A Song of Praise
In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah:
We have a strong city;
God makes salvation
its walls and ramparts.
In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah:
We have a strong city;
God makes salvation
its walls and ramparts.
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.
Open the gates
that the righteous nation may enter,
the nation that keeps faith.
that the righteous nation may enter,
the nation that keeps faith.
Open the gates,
that the righteous nation that keeps faith may enter in.
that the righteous nation that keeps faith may enter in.
You will keep in perfect peace
those whose minds are steadfast,
because they trust in you.
those whose minds are steadfast,
because they trust in you.
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.
Trust in the Lord forever,
for the Lord, the Lord himself, is the Rock eternal.
for the Lord, the Lord himself, is the Rock eternal.
Trust in the Lord forever,
for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.
for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.
He humbles those who dwell on high,
he lays the lofty city low;
he levels it to the ground
and casts it down to the dust.
he lays the lofty city low;
he levels it to the ground
and casts it down to the dust.
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.
Feet trample it down —
the feet of the oppressed,
the footsteps of the poor.
the feet of the oppressed,
the footsteps of the poor.
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 path of the righteous is level;
you, the Upright One, make the way of the righteous smooth.
you, the Upright One, make the way of the righteous smooth.
The path of the righteous is level;
you make level the way of the righteous.
you make level the way of the righteous.
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.
My soul yearns for you in the night;
in the morning my spirit longs for you.
When your judgments come upon the earth,
the people of the world learn righteousness.
in the morning my spirit longs for you.
When your judgments come upon the earth,
the people of the world learn righteousness.
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.
But when grace is shown to the wicked,
they do not learn righteousness;
even in a land of uprightness they go on doing evil
and do not regard the majesty of the Lord.
they do not learn righteousness;
even in a land of uprightness they go on doing evil
and do not regard the majesty of the Lord.
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.
Lord, your hand is lifted high,
but they do not see it.
Let them see your zeal for your people and be put to shame;
let the fire reserved for your enemies consume them.
but they do not see it.
Let them see your zeal for your people and be put to shame;
let the fire reserved for your enemies consume them.
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.
Lord, you establish peace for us;
all that we have accomplished you have done for us.
all that we have accomplished you have done for us.
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 our God, other lords besides you have ruled over us,
but your name alone do we honor.
but your name alone do we honor.
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.
They are now dead, they live no more;
their spirits do not rise.
You punished them and brought them to ruin;
you wiped out all memory of them.
their spirits do not rise.
You punished them and brought them to ruin;
you wiped out all memory of them.
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.
You have enlarged the nation, Lord;
you have enlarged the nation.
You have gained glory for yourself;
you have extended all the borders of the land.
you have enlarged the nation.
You have gained glory for yourself;
you have extended all the borders of the land.
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, 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.
As a pregnant woman about to give birth
writhes and cries out in her pain,
so were we in your presence, Lord.
writhes and cries out in her pain,
so were we in your presence, Lord.
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;
We were with child, we writhed in labor,
but we gave birth to wind.
We have not brought salvation to the earth,
and the people of the world have not come to life.
but we gave birth to wind.
We have not brought salvation to the earth,
and the people of the world have not come to life.
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.
But your dead will live, Lord;
their bodies will rise —
let those who dwell in the dust
wake up and shout for joy —
your dew is like the dew of the morning;
the earth will give birth to her dead.
their bodies will rise —
let those who dwell in the dust
wake up and shout for joy —
your dew is like the dew of the morning;
the earth will give birth to her dead.
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.
Go, my people, enter your rooms
and shut the doors behind you;
hide yourselves for a little while
until his wrath has passed by.
and shut the doors behind you;
hide yourselves for a little while
until his wrath has passed by.
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.
See, the Lord is coming out of his dwelling
to punish the people of the earth for their sins.
The earth will disclose the blood shed on it;
the earth will conceal its slain no longer.
to punish the people of the earth for their sins.
The earth will disclose the blood shed on it;
the earth will conceal its slain no longer.
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.