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1 In that day will this song be made in the land of Judah: We have a strong town; he will make salvation our walls and towers.
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1 In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; God makes salvation its walls and ramparts.
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2 Let the doors be open, so that the upright nation which keeps faith may come in.
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2 Open the gates that the righteous nation may enter, the nation that keeps faith.
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3 The man whose heart is unmoved you will keep in peace, because his hope is in you.
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3 You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you.
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4 Let your hope be in the Lord for ever: for the Lord Jah is an unchanging Rock.
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4 Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD, the LORD, is the Rock eternal.
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5 For he has made low those who are lifted up, all the people of the town of pride: he makes it low, crushing it down to the earth; he makes it low in the dust.
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5 He humbles those who dwell on high, he lays the lofty city low; he levels it to the ground and casts it down to the dust.
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6 It will be crushed under the feet of the poor and the steps of those who are in need.
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6 Feet trample it down-- the feet of the oppressed, the footsteps of the poor.
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7 The way of the good man is straight; the road of the upright is made smooth by you.
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7 The path of the righteous is level; O upright One, you make the way of the righteous smooth.
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8 We have been waiting for you, O Lord; the desire of our soul is for the memory of your name.
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8 Yes, LORD, walking in the way of your laws, we wait for you; your name and renown are the desire of our hearts.
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9 In the night the desire of my soul has been for you; early will my spirit be searching for you; for when your punishments come on the earth, the people of the world will get the knowledge of righteousness.
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9 My soul yearns for you in the night; in the morning my spirit longs for you. When your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.
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10 Even if you are kind to the evil-doer, he will not go after righteousness; even in the land of the upright he will still go on in his wrongdoing, and will not see the glory of the Lord.
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10 Though grace is shown to the wicked, they do not learn righteousness; even in a land of uprightness they go on doing evil and regard not the majesty of the LORD.
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11 Lord, your hand is lifted up, but they do not see: let them see ... yes, your haters will be burned up in the fire.
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11 O LORD, your hand is lifted high, but they do not see it. Let them see your zeal for your people and be put to shame; let the fire reserved for your enemies consume them.
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12 Lord, you will give us peace: for all our works are the outcome of your purpose.
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12 LORD, you establish peace for us; all that we have accomplished you have done for us.
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13 O Lord, our God, other lords than you have had rule over us; but in you only is our salvation, and no other name will we take on our lips.
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13 O LORD, our God, other lords besides you have ruled over us, but your name alone do we honor.
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14 The dead will not come back to life: their spirits will not come back to earth; for this cause you have sent destruction on them, so that the memory of them is dead.
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14 They are now dead, they live no more; those departed spirits do not rise. You punished them and brought them to ruin; you wiped out all memory of them.
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15 You have made the nation great, O Lord, you have made it great; glory is yours: you have made wide the limits of the land.
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15 You have enlarged the nation, O LORD; you have enlarged the nation. You have gained glory for yourself; you have extended all the borders of the land.
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16 Lord, in trouble our eyes have been turned to you, we sent up a prayer when your punishment was on us.
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16 LORD, they came to you in their distress; when you disciplined them, they could barely whisper a prayer.
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17 As a woman with child, whose time is near, is troubled, crying out in her pain; so have we been before you, O Lord.
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17 As a woman with child and about to give birth writhes and cries out in her pain, so were we in your presence, O LORD.
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18 We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have given birth to wind; no salvation has come to the earth through us, and no children have come into the world.
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18 We were with child, we writhed in pain, but we gave birth to wind. We have not brought salvation to the earth; we have not given birth to people of the world.
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19 Your dead will come back; their dead bodies will come to life again. Those in the dust, awaking from their sleep, will send out a song; for your dew is a dew of light, and the earth will give birth to the shades.
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19 But your dead will live; their bodies will rise. You who dwell in the dust, wake up and shout for joy. Your dew is like the dew of the morning; the earth will give birth to her dead.
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20 Come, my people, into your secret places, and let your doors be shut: keep yourself safe for a short time, till his wrath is over.
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20 Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut the doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while until his wrath has passed by.
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21 For the Lord is coming out of his place to send punishment on the people of the earth for their evil-doing: the earth will let the blood drained out on her be seen, and will keep her dead covered no longer.
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21 See, the LORD is coming out of his dwelling to punish the people of the earth for their sins. The earth will disclose the blood shed upon her; she will conceal her slain no longer.
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