1 I n that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; sets up salvation as 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 the gates, that the righteous nation which keeps her faith and her troth may enter in.

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

3 Y ou will guard him and keep him in perfect and constant peace whose mind is stayed on You, because he commits himself to You, leans on You, and hopes confidently in You.

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

4 S o trust in the Lord (commit yourself to Him, lean on Him, hope confidently in Him) forever; for the Lord God is an everlasting Rock.

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

5 F or He has brought down the inhabitants of the height, the lofty city; He lays it low, lays it low to the ground; He brings 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 has trampled 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 righteous (those living in moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relationship of their lives) is level and straight; You, O, Who are upright, direct aright and make level the path of the just and righteous.

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

8 Y es, in the path of Your judgments, O Lord, we wait for You; our heartfelt desire is for Your name and for the remembrance of You.

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 M y soul yearns for You in the night, yes, my spirit within me seeks You earnestly; for when Your judgments are in the earth will the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God).

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 T hough favor is shown to the wicked, yet they do not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness they deal perversely and refuse to see 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 T hough Your hand is lifted high to strike, Lord, they do not see it. Let them see Your zeal for Your people and be ashamed; yes, let the fire reserved for Your enemies consume 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, You will ordain peace (God’s favor and blessings, both temporal and spiritual) for us, for You have also wrought in us and for us all our works.

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

13 O Lord, our God, other masters besides You have ruled over us, but we will acknowledge and mention Your name only.

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 and reappear; they are powerless ghosts, they shall not rise and come back. Therefore You have visited and made an end of them and caused every memory of them 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 Y ou have increased the nation, O Lord; You have increased the nation. You are glorified; You have enlarged all the borders of the land.

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, when they were in trouble and distress, they sought and visited You; they poured out a prayerful whisper when Your chastening was upon them.

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

17 A s a woman with child drawing near the time of her delivery is in pain and writhes and cries out in her pangs, so we have been before You (at Your presence), 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 writhing and in pain; we have, as it were, brought forth wind. We have not wrought any deliverance in the earth, and the inhabitants of the world have not yet been born.

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 Y our dead shall live; the bodies of our dead shall rise. You who dwell in the dust, awake and sing for joy! For Your dew is a dew of light; and the earth shall cast forth 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 your chambers and shut your doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while until the wrath is past.

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 is coming out of His place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; the earth also will disclose the blood shed upon her and will no longer cover her slain and conceal her guilt.

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!'