The song of the strong city
In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city. God will appoint salvation for its walls and ramparts.” Open the gates, so the righteous nation that keeps faith can come in. You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Trust in the LORD forever, because in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength. He brings down those who live up high. He lays the lofty city low — lays it low to the ground and puts it down in the dust. The foot tramples it, the feet of the poor, the steps of the needy. The path of the righteous is level. You're upright, and you make the way of the righteous smooth. Yes, in the way of your judgments, O LORD, we have waited for you. The desire of our soul is for your name and for the remembrance of you. With my soul I have desired you in the night; yes, with my spirit within me I will seek you early. When your judgments are in the earth, the people of the world will learn righteousness. Show favour to the wicked and he still won't learn righteousness. In a land of upright ways he'll go on doing wrong, and he won't look at the majesty of the LORD. Lord, your hand is lifted up and they don't see it. But they'll see your zeal for your people and be ashamed. The fire kept for your enemies will eat them up. Lord, you'll set peace in place for us, because everything we've done, you've done for us. Lord our God, other masters besides you have ruled over us, but it's your name alone that we'll speak. They're dead, they won't live. They're shades, they won't rise. Because you dealt with them and wiped them out and destroyed every memory of them.
On that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We've got a strong city. God makes salvation its walls and ramparts. Open the gates, so the righteous nation that keeps faith can come in. You'll keep in perfect peace the mind that's fixed on you, because it trusts in you. Trust in the Lord forever, because in the Lord God you've got an everlasting Rock. He brings down the ones who live up high. He lays the lofty city low — lays it low to the ground and puts it down in the dust. The foot tramples it, the feet of the poor, the steps of the needy. The path of the righteous is level. You're upright, and you make the way of the righteous smooth. Yes, Lord, walking in the way of your judgments we've waited for you. Your name and the memory of you are what the soul wants. My soul longs for you in the night, and my spirit inside me looks for you in the morning. Because when your judgments are on the earth, the people of the world learn what righteousness is. Show favour to the wicked and he still won't learn righteousness. In a land of upright ways he'll go on doing wrong, and he won't look at the majesty of the Lord. Lord, your hand is lifted up and they don't see it. But they'll see your zeal for your people and be ashamed. The fire kept for your enemies will eat them up. Lord, you'll set peace in place for us, because everything we've done, you've done for us. Lord our God, other masters besides you have ruled over us, but it's your name alone that we'll speak. They're dead, they won't live. They're shades, they won't get up. Because you dealt with them and wiped them out and destroyed every memory of them.
In 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. Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in. Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength: For 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. The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy. The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just. Yea, 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. With 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. Let 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. LORD, 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. LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us. O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name. They 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.
In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city. God will appoint salvation for its walls and ramparts.”
On that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We've got a strong city. God makes salvation its walls and ramparts.
In 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.
Open the gates, so the righteous nation that keeps faith can come in.
Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.
You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.
You'll keep in perfect peace the mind that's fixed on you, because it trusts in you.
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
Trust in the LORD forever, because in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength.
Trust in the Lord forever, because in the Lord God you've got an everlasting Rock.
Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:
He brings down those who live up high. He lays the lofty city low — lays it low to the ground and puts it down in the dust.
He brings down the ones who live up high. He lays the lofty city low — lays it low to the ground and puts it down in the dust.
For 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.
The foot tramples it, the feet of the poor, the steps of the needy.
The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.
The path of the righteous is level. You're upright, and you make the way of the righteous smooth.
The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.
Yes, in the way of your judgments, O LORD, we have waited for you. The desire of our soul is for your name and for the remembrance of you.
Yes, Lord, walking in the way of your judgments we've waited for you. Your name and the memory of you are what the soul wants.
Yea, 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.
With my soul I have desired you in the night; yes, with my spirit within me I will seek you early. When your judgments are in the earth, the people of the world will learn righteousness.
My soul longs for you in the night, and my spirit inside me looks for you in the morning. Because when your judgments are on the earth, the people of the world learn what righteousness is.
With 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.
Show favour to the wicked and he still won't learn righteousness. In a land of upright ways he'll go on doing wrong, and he won't look at the majesty of the LORD.
Show favour to the wicked and he still won't learn righteousness. In a land of upright ways he'll go on doing wrong, and he won't look at the majesty of the Lord.
Let 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.
Lord, your hand is lifted up and they don't see it. But they'll see your zeal for your people and be ashamed. The fire kept for your enemies will eat them up.
LORD, 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.
Lord, you'll set peace in place for us, because everything we've done, you've done for us.
LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us.
Lord our God, other masters besides you have ruled over us, but it's your name alone that we'll speak.
O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.
They're dead, they won't live. They're shades, they won't rise. Because you dealt with them and wiped them out and destroyed every memory of them.
They're dead, they won't live. They're shades, they won't get up. Because you dealt with them and wiped them out and destroyed every memory of them.
They 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.
Waiting through the anger
You have increased the nation, O LORD; you have increased the nation. You are glorified; you have extended it far to all the ends of the earth. Lord, in trouble they came looking for you. They poured out a whispered prayer when your discipline was on them. Like a woman with child, drawing near the time of delivery, in pain and crying out in her pangs — so have we been before you, O LORD. We were pregnant, we writhed, and we gave birth to wind. We've brought no salvation to the earth, and the people of the world haven't fallen. Your dead men will live; together with my dead body they will arise. Awake and sing, you who live in dust, because your dew is like the dew of herbs, and the earth will cast out the dead. Come, my people, enter your chambers and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourself for a little moment, until the anger is past. For look: the LORD is coming out of his place to punish the people of the earth for their wrongdoing. The earth will reveal the blood spilled on it and will no longer hide its dead.
You've made the nation bigger, Lord. You've made the nation bigger and got glory for yourself. You've stretched out all the borders of the land. Lord, in trouble they came looking for you. They poured out a whispered prayer when your discipline was on them. Like a pregnant woman close to giving birth, writhing and crying out in her pains — that's what we were in front of you, Lord. We were pregnant, we writhed, and we gave birth to wind. We've brought no salvation to the earth, and the people of the world haven't fallen. Your dead will live. My body — they'll rise. Wake up and sing, you who lie in the dust. Because your dew is like the dew of first light, and the earth will give up the shades. Come on, my people, go into your rooms and shut the doors behind you. Hide yourself for a little while until the anger has gone past. Because look — the Lord is coming out of his place to deal with the people of the earth for their wrongdoing. The earth will uncover the blood soaked into it, and won't cover its dead any more.
Thou 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. LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them. Like 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. We 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. Thy 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. Come, 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. For, 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.
You have increased the nation, O LORD; you have increased the nation. You are glorified; you have extended it far to all the ends of the earth.
You've made the nation bigger, Lord. You've made the nation bigger and got glory for yourself. You've stretched out all the borders of the land.
Thou 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.
Lord, in trouble they came looking for you. They poured out a whispered prayer when your discipline was on them.
LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.
Like a woman with child, drawing near the time of delivery, in pain and crying out in her pangs — so have we been before you, O LORD.
Like a pregnant woman close to giving birth, writhing and crying out in her pains — that's what we were in front of you, Lord.
Like 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.
We were pregnant, we writhed, and we gave birth to wind. We've brought no salvation to the earth, and the people of the world haven't fallen.
We 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.
Your dead men will live; together with my dead body they will arise. Awake and sing, you who live in dust, because your dew is like the dew of herbs, and the earth will cast out the dead.
Your dead will live. My body — they'll rise. Wake up and sing, you who lie in the dust. Because your dew is like the dew of first light, and the earth will give up the shades.
Thy 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.
Come, my people, enter your chambers and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourself for a little moment, until the anger is past.
Come on, my people, go into your rooms and shut the doors behind you. Hide yourself for a little while until the anger has gone past.
Come, 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.
For look: the LORD is coming out of his place to punish the people of the earth for their wrongdoing. The earth will reveal the blood spilled on it and will no longer hide its dead.
Because look — the Lord is coming out of his place to deal with the people of the earth for their wrongdoing. The earth will uncover the blood soaked into it, and won't cover its dead any more.
For, 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.