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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1On that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city. Salvation is established as walls and ramparts. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Open the gates so a righteous nation can come in--one that remains faithful. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3You will keep the mind that is dependent on you in perfect peace, for it is trusting in you. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Trust in the LORD forever, because in the LORD, the LORD himself, is an everlasting rock! |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5For he has humbled those who live in lofty places--an inaccessible city. He brings it down; he brings it down to the ground; he throws it to the dust. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Feet trample it, the feet of the humble, 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 righteous. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Yes, LORD, we wait for you in the path of your judgments. Our desire is for your name and renown. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9I long for you in the night; yes, my spirit within me diligently seeks you, for when your judgments are in the land, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10But if the wicked man is shown favor, he does not learn righteousness. In a righteous land he acts unjustly and does not see the majesty of the LORD. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11LORD, your hand is lifted up to take action, but they do not see it. Let them see your zeal for your people and be put to shame. Let fire consume your adversaries. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12LORD, you will establish peace for us, for you have also done all our work for us. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13LORD our God, lords other than you have owned us, but we remember your name alone. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14The dead do not live; departed spirits do not rise up. Indeed, you have punished and destroyed them; you have wiped out all memory of them. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15You have added to the nation, LORD. You have added to the nation; you are honored. You have expanded all the borders of the land. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16LORD, they went to you in their distress; they poured out whispered prayers because your discipline fell on them. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17As a pregnant woman about to give birth writhes and cries out in her pains, so we were before you, LORD. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18We became pregnant, we writhed in pain; we gave birth to wind. We have won no victories on earth, and the earth's inhabitants have not fallen. |
| 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 you will be covered with the morning dew, and the earth will bring out the departed spirits. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20Go, my people, enter your rooms and close your doors behind you. Hide for a little while until the wrath has passed. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21For look, the LORD is coming from his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth will reveal the blood shed on it and will no longer conceal her slain. |
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