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Song of Trust in God’s Protection
1 AIn that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah:
He sets up walls and ramparts for
1Csecurity.
2 “Open the
Agates, that the
Brighteous nation may enter,
The one that
1remains faithful.
3 “The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect
Apeace,
Because he trusts in You.
4 “
ATrust in the Loʀᴅ forever,
For in
1Goᴅ the Loʀᴅ,
we have an everlasting
BRock.
5 “For He has brought low those who dwell on high, the
Aunassailable city;
BHe lays it low, He lays 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 helpless.”
7 The
Away of the righteous is smooth;
O Upright One,
Bmake the path of the righteous level.
8 Indeed,
while following the way of
AYour judgments, O Loʀᴅ,
We have waited for You eagerly;
BYour name, even Your
Cmemory, is the desire of
our souls.
9 AAt night
1my soul longs for You,
Indeed,
2my spirit within me
Bseeks You diligently;
For when the earth
3experiences 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 the Loʀᴅ.
11 O Loʀᴅ, Your hand is lifted up
yet they
Ado not see it.
1They see
BYour zeal for the people and are put to shame;
Indeed,
2Cfire will devour Your enemies.
12 Loʀᴅ, You will establish
Apeace for us,
Since You have also performed for us all our works.
13 O Loʀᴅ our God,
Aother masters besides You have ruled us;
But through You alone we
1Bconfess Your name.
14 AThe dead will not live, the
1departed spirits will not rise;
Therefore You have
Bpunished and destroyed them,
And You have wiped out all remembrance of them.
15 AYou have increased the nation, O Loʀᴅ,
You have increased the nation, You are glorified;
You have
Bextended all the borders of the land.
16 O Loʀᴅ, they sought You
Ain distress;
They
1could only whisper a prayer,
Your chastening was upon them.
17 AAs the pregnant woman approaches
the time to give birth,
She writhes and cries out in her labor pains,
Thus were we before You, O Loʀᴅ.
18 We were pregnant, we writhed in labor,
We
Agave birth, as it seems,
only to wind.
We could not accomplish deliverance for the earth,
Nor were
Binhabitants of the world
1born.
1Their corpses will rise.
You who lie in the dust,
Bawake and shout for joy,
For your dew
is as the dew of the
2dawn,
And the earth will
3give birth to the
4departed spirits.
20 Come, my people,
Aenter into your rooms
And close your doors behind you;
Hide for a little
1Bwhile
Until
Cindignation
2runs
its course.
21 For behold, the Loʀᴅ is about to
Acome out from His place
To
Bpunish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity;
And the earth will
Creveal her bloodshed
And will no longer cover her slain.