A Song of Salvation
In athat day this song will be sung in the land of Judah:
“We have a strong city;
bGod will appoint salvation for walls and bulwarks.
2 aOpen the gates,
That the righteous nation which keeps the truth may enter in.
3 You will keep him in perfect apeace,
Whose mind is stayed on You,
Because he trusts in You.
4 Trust in the Lord forever,
aFor in Yah, the Lord, is everlasting strength.
5 For He brings down those who dwell on high,
aThe lofty city;
He lays it low,
He lays it low to the ground,
He brings it down to the dust.
6 The foot shall tread it down—
The feet of the poor
And the steps of the needy.”
7 The way of the just is uprightness;
aO Most Upright,
You weigh the path of the just.
8 Yes, ain the way of Your judgments,
O Lord, we have bwaited for You;
The desire of our soul is for Your name
And for the remembrance of You.
9 aWith my soul I have desired You in the night,
Yes, by my spirit within me I will seek You early;
For when Your judgments are in the earth,
The inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
10 aLet grace be shown to the wicked,
Yet he will not learn righteousness;
In bthe land of uprightness he will deal unjustly,
And will not behold the majesty of the Lord.
11 Lord, when Your hand is lifted up, athey will not see.
But they will see and be ashamed
For their envy of people;
Yes, the fire of Your enemies shall devour them.
12 Lord, You will establish peace for us,
For You have also done all our works in us.
13 O Lord our God, amasters besides You
Have had dominion over us;
But by You only we make mention of Your name.
14 They are dead, they will not live;
They are deceased, they will not rise.
Therefore You have punished and destroyed them,
And made all their memory to aperish.
15 You have increased the nation, O Lord,
You have aincreased the nation;
You are glorified;
You have expanded all the borders of the land.
16 Lord, ain trouble they have visited You,
They poured out a prayer when Your chastening was upon them.
17 As aa woman with child
Is in pain and cries out in her pangs,
When she draws near the time of her delivery,
So have we been in Your sight, O Lord.
18 We have been with child, we have been in pain;
We have, as it were, brought forth wind;
We have not accomplished any deliverance in the earth,
Nor have athe inhabitants of the world fallen.
19 aYour dead shall live;
Together with my dead body they shall arise.
bAwake and sing, you who dwell in dust;
For your dew is like the dew of herbs,
And the earth shall cast out the dead.
Take Refuge from the Coming Judgment
20 Come, my people, aenter your chambers,
And shut your doors behind you;
Hide yourself, as it were, bfor a little moment,
Until the indignation is past.
21 For behold, the Lord acomes out of His place
To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity;
The earth will also disclose her blood,
And will no more cover her slain.
The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson.
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