Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible RHE
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1 In that day shall this canticle be sung in the land of Juda. Sion the city of our strength a saviour, a wall and a bulwark shall be set therein.
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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.
2 Open ye the gates, and let the just nation, that keepeth the truth, enter in.
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Open the gates that the righteous nation may enter, the nation that keeps faith.
3 The old error is passed away: thou wilt keep peace: peace, because we have hoped in thee.
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You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.
4 You have hoped in the Lord for evermore, in the Lord God mighty for ever.
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Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD, the LORD himself, is the Rock eternal.
5 For he shall bring down them that dwell on high, the high city he shall lay low. He shall bring it down even to the ground, he shall pull it down even to the dust.
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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.
6 The foot shall tread it down, the feet of the poor, the steps of the needy.
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Feet trample it down— the feet of the oppressed, the footsteps of the poor.
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