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| 1 In that day, shall be sung this song, in the land of Judah,–A strong city, have we! Salvation, will he set for walls and rampart. |
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| 2 Open ye the gates,–That there may enter in–a righteous nation preserving fidelity. |
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| 3 A purpose sustained, thou wilt guard, [saying], Prosper! Prosper! Because, in thee, hath he been led to trust. |
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| 4 Trust ye in Yahweh, unto futurity,–For, in Yah, Yahweh, is a rock of ages. |
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| 5 For he hath brought down, the inhabitants of the height, the city exalted,–He layeth it low. Layeth it low, even to the ground, Levelleth it, even to the dust: |
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| 6 The foot trampleth, it,–The feet of the lowly, The steps of the weak. |
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| 7 The path of a righteous man, is, even,–O Upright One! the track of a righteous man, thou makest level. |
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| 8 Surely, in the path of thy regulations, O Yahweh, we waited for thee,–Unto thy Name and unto thy Memorial, was there a longing of soul: |
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| 9 With my soul, longed I for thee in the night, Yea with my spirit within me, I kept on searching for thee,–For, when thy regulations [extend] to the earth, The inhabitants of the world will have learned, righteousness. |
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| 10 Let favour be shewed to the lawless, he hath not learned righteousness, In a land of honest dealings, he acteth perversely,–And seeth not the splendour of Yahweh. |
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| 11 O Yahweh, though thy hand be lifted up,–yet do they not see, Would they might see–and turn pale at a people's zeal,–Surely, the fire of thine enemies, must consume them! |
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| 12 O Yahweh, thou wilt ensure prosperity for us,–For, even all our works, hast thou wrought for us. |
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| 13 O Yahweh, our God! Lords other than thee, have owned, us,–By thyself alone, will we call upon thy Name. |
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| 14 The dead, come not to life again, The shades, do not arise,–Therefore, thou hast visited and destroyed them, And caused to perish every memorial of them. |
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| 15 Thou hast increased the nation, O Yahweh, Thou hast increased the nation, thou hast gotten thyself glory, Thou hast extended far, all the ends of the land. |
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| 16 O Yahweh! in distress, they sought thee,–They poured out a whispered prayer, when thy chastening was upon them. |
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| 17 Like as a woman with child–Draweth near to giving birth, Is in pain, Crieth out in her pangs, So, were we before thee, O Yahweh;– |
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| 18 We were with child–We were in pain, As it were we brought forth wind,–Salvation, we could not accomplish for the earth, Neither were born, the inhabitants of the world. |
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| 19 Thy dead, shall come to life again, My dead body, they shall arise,–Awake and shout for joy, ye that dwell in the dust, For, a dew of light, is thy dew, And, earth, to the shades, shall give birth. |
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| 20 Come, my people, enter into thy chambers, And shut thy doors behind thee,–Hide thee, as it were, a little moment, Till the indignation pass over. |
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| 21 For lo! Yahweh, is coming forth out of his place, To visit the iniquity of earth's inhabitant upon him,–Therefore shall the earth unveil her shed-blood, And throw a covering, no longer, over her slain. |
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