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1On that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah:[#Isa 4.2; 12.1; 14.31; 60.18]
We have a strong city;
he sets up walls and bulwarks as a safeguard.
2Open the gates,[#Isa 60.11, 18; 61.3; 62.1, 2]
so that the righteous nation that maintains faithfulness
may enter in.
3Those of steadfast mind you keep in peace,
in peace because they trust in you.
4Trust in the Lord forever,[#Isa 12.2; 17.10]
for in the Lord God
you have an everlasting rock.
5For he has brought low[#Job 40.11–13; Isa 25.12]
the inhabitants of the height;
the lofty city he lays low.
He lays it low to the ground,
casts it to the dust.
6The foot tramples it,[#Isa 3.14, 15; 28.3]
the feet of the poor,
the steps of the needy.
7The way of the righteous is level;[#Isa 42.16; 57.2]
straight is the path of the righteous that you clear.
8In the path of your judgments,[#v 13 ; Ex 3.15; Isa 51.4; 56.1]
O Lord , we have placed hope;
your name and your renown
are the soul’s desire.
9My soul yearns for you in the night;[#Ps 63.6; Isa 55.6; Hos 5.15]
my spirit within me earnestly seeks you.
For when your judgments are in the earth,
the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
10If favor is shown to the wicked,[#Isa 22.12, 13; Hos 11.7; Jn 5.37, 38; Rom 2.4]
they do not learn righteousness;
they corrupt what is upright on the earth
and do not see the majesty of the Lord .
11O Lord , your hand is lifted up,[#Isa 5.12; 9.7; 10.17; 66.15, 24]
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.
12O Lord , may you ordain peace for us,[#v 3 ; Isa 64.8]
for indeed, all that we have done, you have done for us.
13O Lord our God,[#Isa 2.8; 10.11; 63.7]
other lords besides you have ruled over us,
but we acknowledge your name alone.
14The dead do not live;[#Isa 8.19; 10.3; Hab 2.19]
shades do not rise
because you have punished and destroyed them
and wiped out all memory of them.
15But you have increased the nation, O Lord ;[#Isa 9.3; 33.17]
you have increased the nation; you are glorified;
you have enlarged all the borders of the land.
16O Lord , in distress they sought you;[#Hos 5.15]
they poured out a prayer
when your chastening was on them.
17Like a woman with child[#Isa 13.8; Jn 16.21]
about to give birth
writhes and cries out in her pain,
so were we because of you, O Lord ;
18we were with child; we writhed,[#Ps 17.14; Isa 33.11]
but we gave birth only to wind.
We have won no victories on earth,
and no one is born to inhabit the world.
19Your dead shall live; their corpses shall rise.[#Ezek 37.1–14; Dan 12.2; #26.19 Cn Compare Syr Tg: Heb my corpse]
Those who dwell in the dust will awake and shout for joy!
For your dew is a radiant dew,
and the earth will give birth to those long dead.
20Come, my people, enter your chambers,[#Ex 12.22, 23; Ps 30.5; Isa 54.7, 8; 2 Cor 4.17]
and shut your doors behind you;
hide yourselves for a little while
until the wrath is past.
21For the Lord comes out from his place[#Job 16.18; Isa 13.11; Mic 1.3; Jude 14]
to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity;
the earth will disclose the blood shed on it
and will no longer cover its slain.