Yahweh Will Establish Peace
aIn that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah:
“We have a bstrong city;
He sets up walls and ramparts for csalvation.
2 Open the agates, that the brighteous nation may enter,
The one that keeps faithfulness.
3 The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect apeace
Because he trusts in You.
4 aTrust in Yahweh forever,
For in Yah—Yahweh Himself—we have an everlasting bRock.
5 For He has laid low those who settle on high, the aexalted city;
bHe brings it low, He brings it low to the ground, He casts it to the dust.
6 aThe foot will trample it,
The feet of the bafflicted, the steps of the poor.”
7 The away of the righteous is upright;
O Upright One, bmake the path of the righteous level.
8 Indeed, while following the way of aYour judgments, O Yahweh,
We have hoped for You eagerly;
bYour name—the cmemory of You—is the desire of our souls.
9 aAt night my soul longs for You,
Indeed, my spirit within me bseeks You earnestly;
For when the earth experiences Your judgments,
The inhabitants of the world clearn righteousness.
10 Though the wicked is shown favor,
He does not alearn righteousness;
He bdeals 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 ado not behold it.
They behold bYour zeal for the people and are put to shame;
Indeed, cfire will devour Your adversaries.
12 Yahweh, You will establish apeace for us,
Since You have also performed for us all our works.
13 O Yahweh our God, aother masters besides You have ruled us;
But through You alone we bbring Your name to remembrance.
14 aThe dead will not live; the departed spirits will not rise;
Therefore You have bvisited and destroyed them,
And You have made all remembrance of them perish.
15 aYou have increased the nation, O Yahweh;
You have increased the nation, You are glorified;
You have bextended all the borders of the land.
16 O Yahweh, they visited You ain distress;
They could only whisper a prayer;
Your chastening was upon them.
17 aAs the 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 with child, we writhed in labor;
We agave birth, as it seems, only to wind.
We could not accomplish salvation for the earth,
And the binhabitants of the world were not born.
19 Your adead will live;
Their corpses will rise.
You who dwell in the dust, bawake and shout for joy,
For your dew is as the dew of the dawn,
And the earth will give birth to the departed spirits.
20 Come, my people, aenter into your rooms
And close your doors behind you;
Hide for a little bwhile
Until cindignation passes by.
21 For behold, Yahweh is about to acome out from His place
To bvisit the iniquity of the inhabitants of the earth;
And the earth will creveal her bloodshed
And will no longer cover those of hers who were killed.