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¹ In that day, shall be sung this song, in the land of Judah, - A strong city, have we! Salvation, will he set for walls and rampart,² Open ye the gates, - That there may enter in - a righteous nation preserving fidelity.³ A purpose sustained, thou wilt guard, saying , Prosper! Prosper! Because in thee, hath he been led to trust.⁴ Trust ye in Yahweh, unto futurity, - For, in Yah, Yahweh, is a rock of ages.

⁵ For he hath brought down the inhabitants of the height the city exalted, - He layeth it low, Layeth it low even to the ground, Levelleth it, even to the dust:⁶ The foot trampleth it, - The feet of the lowly, The steps of the weak,⁷ The path of a righteous man, is, even, - O Upright One! the track of a righteous man, thou makest level.⁸ Surely in the path of thy regulations, O Yahweh, we waited for thee, - Unto thy Name and unto thy Memorial, was there a longing of soul:⁹ With my soul, longed I for thee in the night, Yea with my spirit within me, I kept on searching for thee, - For, when thy regulations extend to the earth, The inhabitants of the world will have learned, righteousness.¹⁰ Let favour be shewed to the lawless, he hath not learned righteousness, In a land of honest dealings, he acteth perversely, - And seeth not the splendour of Yahweh.¹¹ O Yahweh though thy hand be lifted up, - yet do they not see, Would they might see - and turn pale at a peoples zeal, - Surely, the fire of thine enemies, must consume them!

¹² O Yahweh, thou wilt ensure prosperity for us, - hor even all our works, hast thou wrought for us,¹³ O Yahweh, our God! Lords other than thee, have owned us, - By thyself alone, will we call upon thy Name.¹⁴ The dead, come not to life again, The shades, do not arise, - Therefore, thou hast visited and destroyed them, And caused to perish every memorial of them.¹⁵ Thou hast increased the nation, O Yahweh, Thou hast increased the nation thou hast gotten thyself glory, Thou hast extended far, all the ends of the land.¹⁶ O Yahweh! in distress, they sought thee, - They poured out a whispered prayer, when thy chastening was upon them.¹⁷ Like as a woman with child - Draweth near to giving birth, Is in pain, Crieth out in her pangs So, were we before thee, O Yahweh; - ¹⁸ We were with child - We were in pain, As it were we brought forth wind, - Salvation, we could not accomplish for the earth, Neither were horn the inhabitants of the world.¹⁹ Thy dead, shall come to life again, My dead body, they shall arise, - Awake and shout for joy, ye that dwell in the dust For, a dew of light, is thy dew, And, earth, to the shades shall give birth.

²⁰ Come my people, enter into thy chambers, And shut thy doors behind thee, - Hide thee as it were a little moment Till the indignation pass over.²¹ For lo! Yahweh, is coming forth out of his place, To visit the iniquity of earths inhabitant upon him, - Therefore shall the earth unveil her shed-blood, And throw a covering, no longer over her slain.