Dual Panel1At that <01931> time <03117> this <02088> song <07892> will be sung <07891> in the land <0776> of Judah <03063>: “We have a strong <05794> city <05892>! The Lord’s deliverance <03444>, like walls <02346> and a rampart <02426>, makes <07896> it secure <07896>.
2Open <06605> the gates <08179> so a righteous <06662> nation <01471> can enter <0935>– one that remains <08104> trustworthy <0529>.
3You keep <05341> completely <07965> safe <07965> the people who maintain <05564> their faith <03336>, for <03588> they trust <0982> in you.
4Trust <0982> in the Lord <03068> from this time forward <05703>, even in Yah <03050>, the Lord <03068>, an enduring <05769> protector <06697>!
5Indeed <03588>, the Lord knocks down <07817> those who live in <03427> a high place <04791>, he brings down <08213> an elevated <07682> town <07151>; he brings <08213> it down <08213> to <05704> the ground <0776>, he throws <05060> it down <05060> to <05704> the dust <06083>.
6It is trampled <07429> underfoot <07272> by the feet <07272> of the oppressed <06041>, by the soles <06471> of the poor <01800>.”
7The way <0734> of the righteous <06662> is level <06424>, the path <04570> of the righteous <03477> <04339> that you make is straight <06662>.
8Yes <0637>, as your judgments <04941> unfold <0734>, O Lord <03068>, we wait for <06960> you. We desire <08378> your fame <02143> and reputation <08034> to grow.
9I <05315> look for <0183> you during the night <03915>, my spirit <07307> within <07130> me seeks <07836> you at dawn <07836>, for <03588> when <0834> your judgments <04941> come upon the earth <0776>, those who live <03427> in the world <08398> learn <03925> about justice <06664>.
10If the wicked <07563> are shown mercy <02603>, they do not <01077> learn <03925> about justice <06664>. Even in a land <0776> where right <05229> is rewarded, they act unjustly <05765>; they do not <01077> see <07200> the Lord’s <03069> majesty <01348> revealed.
11O Lord <03068>, you are ready to act <03027> <07311>, but they don’t <01077> even notice <02372>. They will see <02372> and be put to shame <0954> by your angry <07068> judgment against humankind <05971>, yes <0637>, fire <0784> will consume <0398> your enemies <06862>.
12O Lord <03068>, you make <08239> us secure <07965>, for <03588> even <01571> all <03605> we have accomplished <04639>, you have done <06466> for us.
13O Lord <03068>, our God <0430>, masters <0113> other than <02108> you have ruled <01166> us, but we praise <02142> your name <08034> alone <0905>.
14The dead <04191> do not <01077> come back to life <02421>, the spirits of the dead <07496> do not <01077> rise <06965>. That is because <03651> you came in judgment <06485> and destroyed <08045> them, you wiped out <06> all <03605> memory <02143> of them.
15You have made the nation <01471> larger <03254>, O Lord <03068>, you have made the nation <01471> larger <03254> and revealed <03513> your splendor <03513>, you have extended <07368> all <03605> the borders <07099> of the land <0776>.
16O Lord <03068>, in distress <06862> they looked for <06485> you; they uttered <06694> incantations <03908> because of your discipline <04148>.
17As <03644> when a pregnant woman <02030> gets ready <07126> to deliver <03205> and strains <02342> and cries out <02199> because of her labor pains <02256>, so <03651> were <01961> we because <06440> of you, O Lord <03068>.
18We were pregnant <02030>, we strained <02342>, we gave birth <03205>, as <03644> it were, to wind <07307>. We cannot <01077> produce <06213> deliverance <03444> on the earth <0776>; people to populate <03427> the world <08398> are not <01077> born <05307>.
19Your dead <04191> will come back to life <02421>; your corpses <05038> will rise up <06965>. Wake up <06974> and shout joyfully <07442>, you who live <07931> in the ground <06083>! For <03588> you will grow like plants drenched <02919> with the morning <0219> dew <02919>, and the earth <0776> will bring forth <05307> its dead spirits <07496>.
20Go <01980>, my people <05971>! Enter <0935> your inner rooms <02315>! Close <05462> your doors <01817> behind <01157> you! Hide <02247> for a little <04592> while <07281>, until <05704> his angry judgment is over <05674> <05674>!
21For <03588> look <02009>, the Lord <03068> is coming out <03318> of the place <04725> where he lives, to punish <06485> the sin <05771> of those who live <03427> on <05921> the earth <0776>. The earth <0776> will display <01540> the blood <01818> shed on it; it will no <03808> longer <05750> cover <03680> up <05921> its slain <02026>.