Verse 1
In that day{H3117} shall this song{H7892} be sung{H7891} in the land{H776} of Judah:{H3063} we have a strong{H5797} city;{H5892} salvation{H3444} will he appoint{H7896} for walls{H2346} and bulwarks.{H2426}
Verse 2
Open{H6605} ye the gates,{H8179} that the righteous{H6662} nation{H1471} which keepeth{H8104} faith{H529} may enter in.{H935}
Verse 3
Thou wilt keep{H5341} [him] in perfect{H7965} peace,{H7965} [whose] mind{H3336} [is] stayed{H5564} [on thee]; because he trusteth{H982} in thee.
Verse 4
Trust{H982} ye in Jehovah{H3068} for ever;{H5703} for in Jehovah,{H3050} [even] Jehovah,{H3068} is an everlasting{H5769} rock.{H6697}
Verse 5
For he hath brought down{H7817} them that dwell{H3427} on high,{H4791} the lofty{H7682} city:{H7151} he layeth it low,{H8213} he layeth it low{H8213} even to the ground;{H776} he bringeth{H5060} it even to the dust.{H6083}
Verse 6
The foot{H7272} shall tread it down;{H7429} even the feet{H7272} of the poor,{H6041} and the steps{H6471} of the needy.{H1800}
Verse 7
The way{H734} of the just{H6662} is uprightness:{H4339} thou that art upright{H3477} dost direct{H6424} the path{H4570} of the just.{H6662}
Verse 8
Yea, in the way{H734} of thy judgments,{H4941} O Jehovah,{H3068} have we waited{H6960} for thee; to thy name, even to thy memorial{H2143} [name],{H8034} is the desire{H8378} of our soul.{H5315}
Verse 9
With my soul{H5315} have I desired{H183} thee in the night;{H3915} yea, with my spirit{H7307} within{H7130} me will I seek thee earnestly:{H7836} for when thy judgments{H4941} are in the earth,{H776} the inhabitants{H3427} of the world{H8398} learn{H3925} righteousness.{H6664}
Verse 10
Let favor be showed{H2603} to the wicked,{H7563} yet will he not{H1077} learn{H3925} righteousness;{H6664} in the land{H776} of uprightness{H5229} will he deal wrongfully,{H5765} and will not{H1077} behold{H7200} the majesty{H1348} of Jehovah.{H3068}
Verse 11
Jehovah,{H3068} thy hand{H3027} is lifted up,{H7311} yet they see{H2372} not: but they shall see{H2372} [thy] zeal{H7068} for the people,{H5971} and be put to shame;{H954} yea, fire{H784} shall devour{H398} thine adversaries.{H6862}
Verse 12
[Jehovah,]{H3068} [thou wilt ordain]{H8239} [peace]{H7965} [for us; for thou hast also wrought]{H6466} [all our works]{H4639} [for us.]
Verse 13
[O Jehovah]{H3068} [our God,]{H430} [other lords]{H113} [besides]{H2108} [thee have had dominion]{H1166} [over us; but by thee only will we make mention]{H2142} [of thy name.]{H8034}
Verse 14
[They are] dead,{H4191} they shall not live;{H2421} [they are] deceased,{H7496} they shall not rise:{H6965} therefore hast thou visited{H6485} and destroyed{H8045} them, and made all remembrance{H2143} of them to perish.{H6}
Verse 15
Thou hast increased{H3254} the nation,{H1471} O Jehovah,{H3068} thou hast increased{H3254} the nation;{H1471} thou art glorified;{H3513} thou hast enlarged{H7368} all the borders{H7099} of the land.{H776}
Verse 16
Jehovah,{H3068} in trouble{H6862} have they visited{H6485} thee; they poured out{H6694} a prayer{H3908} [when] thy chastening{H4148} was upon them.
Verse 17
Like{H3644} as a woman with child,{H2030} that draweth near{H7126} the time of her delivery,{H3205} is in pain{H2342} and crieth out{H2199} in her pangs;{H2256} so we have been before{H6440} thee, O Jehovah.{H3068}
Verse 18
We have been with child,{H2029} we have been in pain,{H2342} we have as it were{H3644} brought forth{H3205} wind;{H7307} we have not wrought{H6213} any deliverance{H3444} in the earth;{H776} neither{H1077} have the inhabitants{H3427} of the world{H8398} fallen.{H5307}
Verse 19
Thy dead{H4191} shall live;{H2421} my dead bodies{H5038} shall arise.{H6965} Awake{H6974} and sing,{H7442} ye that dwell{H7931} in the dust;{H6083} for thy dew{H2919} is [as] the dew{H2919} of herbs,{H219} and the earth{H776} shall cast forth{H5307} the dead.{H7496}
Verse 20
Come,{H3212} my people,{H5971} enter{H935} thou into thy chambers,{H2315} and shut{H5462} thy doors{H1817} about thee: hide{H2247} thyself for a little{H4592} moment,{H7281} until the indignation{H2195} be overpast.{H5674}
Verse 21
For, behold, Jehovah{H3068} cometh forth out{H3318} of his place{H4725} to punish{H6485} the inhabitants{H3427} of the earth{H776} for their iniquity:{H5771} the earth{H776} also shall disclose{H1540} her blood,{H1818} and shall no more cover{H3680} her slain.{H2026}