Revised Standard Version RSV
The Latin Vulgate VUL
1 In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: "We have a strong city; he sets up salvation as walls and bulwarks.
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in die illa cantabitur canticum istud in terra Iuda urbs fortitudinis nostrae salvator ponetur in ea murus et antemurale
2 Open the gates, that the righteous nation which keeps faith may enter in.
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aperite portas et ingrediatur gens iusta custodiens veritatem
3 Thou dost keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee, because he trusts in thee.
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vetus error abiit servabis pacem pacem quia in te speravimus
4 Trust in the LORD for ever, for the LORD GOD is an everlasting rock.
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sperastis in Domino in saeculis aeternis in Domino Deo forti in perpetuum
5 For he has brought low the inhabitants of the height, the lofty city. He lays it low, lays it low to the ground, casts it to the dust.
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quia incurvabit habitantes in excelso civitatem sublimem humiliabit humiliabit eam usque ad terram detrahet eam usque ad pulverem
6 The foot tramples it, the feet of the poor, the steps of the needy."
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conculcabit eam pes pedes pauperis gressus egenorum
7 The way of the righteous is level; thou dost make smooth the path of the righteous.
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semita iusti recta est rectus callis iusti ad ambulandum
8 In the path of thy judgments, O LORD, we wait for thee; thy memorial name is the desire of our soul.
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et in semita iudiciorum tuorum Domine sustinuimus te nomen tuum et memoriale tuum in desiderio animae
9 My soul yearns for thee in the night, my spirit within me earnestly seeks thee. For when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
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anima mea desideravit te in nocte sed et spiritu meo in praecordiis meis de mane vigilabo ad te cum feceris iudicia tua in terra iustitiam discent habitatores orbis
10 If favor is shown to the wicked, he does not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness he deals perversely and does not see the majesty of the LORD.
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misereamur impio et non discet iustitiam in terra sanctorum inique gessit et non videbit gloriam Domini
11 O LORD, thy hand is lifted up, but they see it not. Let them see thy zeal for thy people, and be ashamed. Let the fire for thy adversaries consume them.
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Domine exaltetur manus tua et non videant videant et confundantur zelantes populi et ignis hostes tuos devoret
12 O LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us, thou hast wrought for us all our works.
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Domine dabis pacem nobis omnia enim opera nostra operatus es nobis
13 O LORD our God, other lords besides thee have ruled over us, but thy name alone we acknowledge.
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Domine Deus noster possederunt nos domini absque te tantum in te recordemur nominis tui
14 They are dead, they will not live; they are shades, they will not arise; to that end thou hast visited them with destruction and wiped out all remembrance of them.
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morientes non vivant gigantes non resurgant propterea visitasti et contrivisti eos et perdidisti omnem memoriam eorum
15 But thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the nation; thou art glorified; thou hast enlarged all the borders of the land.
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indulsisti genti Domine indulsisti genti numquid glorificatus es elongasti omnes terminos terrae
16 O LORD, in distress they sought thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.
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Domine in angustia requisierunt te in tribulatione murmuris doctrina tua eis
17 Like a woman with child, who writhes and cries out in her pangs, when she is near her time, so were we because of thee, O LORD;
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sicut quae concipit cum adpropinquaverit ad partum dolens clamat in doloribus suis sic facti sumus a facie tua Domine
18 we were with child, we writhed, we have as it were brought forth wind. We have wrought no deliverance in the earth, and the inhabitants of the world have not fallen.
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concepimus et quasi parturivimus et peperimus spiritum salutes non fecimus in terra ideo non ceciderunt habitatores terrae
19 Thy dead shall live, their bodies shall rise. O dwellers in the dust, awake and sing for joy! For thy dew is a dew of light, and on the land of the shades thou wilt let it fall.
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vivent mortui tui interfecti mei resurgent expergiscimini et laudate qui habitatis in pulvere quia ros lucis ros tuus et terram gigantum detrahes in ruinam
20 Come, my people, enter your chambers, and shut your doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while until the wrath is past.
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vade populus meus intra in cubicula tua claude ostia tua super te abscondere modicum ad momentum donec pertranseat indignatio
21 For behold, the LORD is coming forth out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity, and the earth will disclose the blood shed upon her, and will no more cover her slain.
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ecce enim Dominus egreditur de loco suo ut visitet iniquitatem habitatoris terrae contra eum et revelabit terra sanguinem suum et non operiet ultra interfectos suos
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
The Latin Vulgate is in the public domain.