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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; salvation is established as its walls and ramparts. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Open the gates so a righteous nation may enter—one that remains faithful. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Trust in the LORD forever, because GOD the LORD is the Rock eternal. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5For He has humbled those who dwell on high; He lays the lofty city low. He brings it down to the ground; He casts it into the dust. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Feet trample it down—the feet of the oppressed, the steps of the poor. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7The path of the righteous is level; You clear a straight path for the upright. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Yes, we wait for You, O LORD; we walk in the path of Your judgments. Your name and renown are the desire of our souls. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Though grace is shown to the wicked man, he does not learn righteousness. In the land of righteousness he acts unjustly and fails to see the majesty of the LORD. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11O LORD, Your hand is upraised, but they do not see it. They will see Your zeal for Your people and be put to shame. The fire set for Your enemies will consume them! |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12O LORD, You will establish peace for us. For all that we have accomplished, You have done for us. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13O LORD our God, other lords besides You have had dominion, but Your name alone do we confess. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14The dead will not live; the departed spirits will not rise. Therefore You have punished and destroyed them; You have wiped out all memory of them. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15You have enlarged the nation, O LORD; You have enlarged the nation. You have gained glory for Yourself; You have extended all the borders of the land. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16O LORD, they sought You in their distress; when You disciplined them, they poured out a quiet prayer. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17As a woman with child about to give birth writhes and cries out in pain, so were we in Your presence, O LORD. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18We were with child; we writhed in pain; but we gave birth to wind. We have given no salvation to the earth, nor brought any life into the world. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21For behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth will reveal her bloodshed and will no longer conceal her slain. |
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