1 I n that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.

In that day sung is this song in the land of Judah: `We have a strong city, Salvation He doth make walls and bulwark.

2 O pen ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.

Open ye the gates, that enter may a righteous nation, Preserving stedfastness.

3 T hou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.

An imagination supported Thou fortifiest peace -- peace! For in Thee it is confident.

4 T rust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:

Trust ye in Jehovah for ever, For in Jah Jehovah a rock of ages,

5 f or he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.

For He bowed down the dwellers on high, A city set on high He maketh low, He maketh it low unto the earth, He causeth it to come unto the dust,

6 T he foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.

Tread it down doth a foot, Feet of the poor -- steps of the weak.

7 T he way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.

The path for the righteous uprightness, O upright One, The path of the righteous Thou dost ponder.

8 Y ea, in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.

Also, the path of Thy judgments, O Jehovah, we have waited Thee, To Thy name and to Thy remembrance the desire of the soul.

9 W ith my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

my soul I desired Thee in the night, Also, my spirit within me I seek Thee earnestly, For when Thy judgments on the earth, The inhabitants of the world have learned righteousness.

10 L et favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the Lord.

The wicked findeth favour, He hath not learned righteousness, In a land of straightforwardness he dealeth perversely, And seeth not the excellency of Jehovah.

11 L ord, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.

O Jehovah, high Thy hand -- they see not, They see the zeal of the people, and are ashamed, Also, the fire -- Thine adversaries, consumeth them.

12 L ord, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us.

O Jehovah, Thou appointest peace to us, For, all our works also Thou hast wrought for us.

13 O Lord our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.

O Jehovah our God, lords have ruled us besides Thee, Only, by Thee we make mention of Thy name.

14 T hey are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.

Dead -- they live not, Rephaim, they rise not, Therefore Thou hast inspected and dost destroy them, Yea, thou destroyest all their memory.

15 T hou hast increased the nation, O Lord, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth.

Thou hast added to the nation, O Jehovah, Thou hast added to the nation, Thou hast been honoured, Thou hast put far off all the ends of earth.

16 L ord, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.

O Jehovah, in distress they missed Thee, They have poured out a whisper, Thy chastisement on them.

17 L ike as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O Lord.

When a pregnant woman cometh near to the birth, She is pained -- she crieth in her pangs, So we have been from Thy face, O Jehovah.

18 W e have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.

We have conceived, we have been pained. We have brought forth as it were wind, Salvation we do not work in the earth, Nor do the inhabitants of the world fall.

19 T hy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.

`Thy dead live -- My dead body they rise. Awake and sing, ye dwellers in the dust, For the dew of herbs thy dew, And the land of Rephaim thou causest to fall.

20 C ome, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.

Come, My people, enter into thy inner chambers, And shut thy doors behind thee, Hide thyself shortly a moment till the indignation pass over.

21 F or, behold, the Lord cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.

For, lo, Jehovah is coming out of His place, To charge the iniquity of the inhabitant of the earth upon him, And revealed hath the earth her blood, Nor doth she cover any more her slain!'