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Yahweh Will Establish Peace

^1 (C1)In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah:

"We have a ^(C2)strong city;
He sets up walls and ramparts for ^(C3)salvation.

² "Open the ^(C1)gates, that the ^(C2)righteous nation may enter,
The one that keeps faithfulness.

³ "The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect ^(C1)peace
Because he trusts in You.

⁴ "^(C1)Trust in Yahweh forever,
For in Yah—Yahweh Himself—we have an everlasting ^(C2)Rock.

⁵ "For He has laid low those who settle on high, the ^(F1)(C1)exalted city;
^(C2)He brings it low, He brings it low to the ground, He casts it to the dust.

⁶ "^(C1)The foot will trample it,
The feet of the ^(C2)afflicted, the steps of the poor."

⁷ The ^(C1)way of the righteous is upright;
O Upright One, ^(C2)make the path of the righteous level.

⁸ Indeed, while following the way of ^(C1)Your judgments, O Yahweh,
We have hoped for You eagerly;
^(C2)Your name—the ^(C3)memory of You—is the desire of our souls.

^9 (C1)At night ^(F1)my soul longs for You,
Indeed, ^(F2)my spirit within me ^(C2)seeks You earnestly;
For when the earth ^(F3)experiences Your judgments,
The inhabitants of the world ^(C3)learn righteousness.

¹⁰ Though the wicked is shown favor,
He does not ^(C1)learn righteousness;
He ^(C2)deals unjustly in the land of uprightness,
And does not perceive the majesty of Yahweh.

¹¹ O Yahweh, Your hand is raised up high, yet they ^(C1)do not behold it.
^(F1)They behold ^(C2)Your zeal for the people and are put to shame;
Indeed, ^(F2)(C3)fire will devour Your adversaries.

¹² Yahweh, You will establish ^(C1)peace for us,
Since You have also performed for us all our works.

¹³ O Yahweh our God, ^(C1)other masters besides You have ruled us;
But through You alone we ^(C2)bring Your name to remembrance.

^14 (C1)The dead will not live; the ^(F1)departed spirits will not rise;
Therefore You have ^(C2)visited and destroyed them,
And You have made all remembrance of them perish.

^15 (C1)You have increased the nation, O Yahweh;
You have increased the nation, You are glorified;
You have ^(C2)extended all the borders of the land.

¹⁶ O Yahweh, they visited You ^(C1)in distress;
They ^(F1)could only whisper a prayer;
Your chastening was upon them.

^17 (C1)As the ^(F1)woman with child draws near to the time to give birth,
She writhes and cries out in her pangs of labor,
Thus were we before You, O Yahweh.

¹⁸ We were ^(F1)with child, we writhed in labor;
We ^(C1)gave birth, as it seems, only to wind.
We could not accomplish salvation for the earth,
And the ^(C2)inhabitants of the world ^(F2)were not born.

¹⁹ Your ^(C1)dead will live;
^(F1)Their corpses will rise.
You who dwell in the dust, ^(C2)awake and shout for joy,
For your dew is as the dew of the ^(F2)dawn,
And the earth will ^(F3)give birth to the ^(F4)departed spirits.

²⁰ Come, my people, ^(C1)enter into your rooms
And close your doors behind you;
Hide for a little ^(F1)(C2)while
Until ^(C3)indignation passes by.

²¹ For behold, Yahweh is about to ^(C1)come out from His place
To ^(C2)visit the iniquity of the inhabitants of the earth;
And the earth will ^(C3)reveal her bloodshed
And will no longer cover those of hers who were killed.