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74 lines
2.8 KiB
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# Chapter 26
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1 In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah:
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“We have a strong city;
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God will appoint salvation for walls and bulwarks.
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2 Open the gates,
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That the righteous nation which keeps the truth may enter in.
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3 You will keep him in perfect peace,
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Whose mind is stayed on You,
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Because he trusts in You.
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4 Trust in the Lord forever,
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For in Yah, the Lord, is everlasting strength.
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5 For He brings down those who dwell on high,
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The lofty city;
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He lays it low,
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He lays it low to the ground,
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He brings it down to the dust.
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6 The foot shall tread it down—
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The feet of the poor
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And the steps of the needy.”
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7 The way of the just is uprightness;
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O Most Upright,
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You weigh the path of the just.
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8 Yes, in the way of Your judgments,
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O Lord, we have waited for You;
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The desire of our soul is for Your name
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And for the remembrance of You.
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9 With my soul I have desired You in the night,
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Yes, by my spirit within me I will seek You early;
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For when Your judgments are in the earth,
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The inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
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10 Let grace be shown to the wicked,
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Yet he will not learn righteousness;
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In the land of uprightness he will deal unjustly,
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And will not behold the majesty of the Lord.
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11 Lord, when Your hand is lifted up, they will not see.
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But they will see and be ashamed
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For their envy of people;
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Yes, the fire of Your enemies shall devour them.
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12 Lord, You will establish peace for us,
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For You have also done all our works in us.
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13 O Lord our God, masters besides You
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Have had dominion over us;
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But by You only we make mention of Your name.
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14 They are dead, they will not live;
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They are deceased, they will not rise.
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Therefore You have punished and destroyed them,
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And made all their memory to perish.
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15 You have increased the nation, O Lord,
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You have increased the nation;
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You are glorified;
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You have expanded all the borders of the land.
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16 Lord, in trouble they have visited You,
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They poured out a prayer when Your chastening was upon them.
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17 As a woman with child
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Is in pain and cries out in her pangs,
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When she draws near the time of her delivery,
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So have we been in Your sight, O Lord.
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18 We have been with child, we have been in pain;
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We have, as it were, brought forth wind;
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We have not accomplished any deliverance in the earth,
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Nor have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
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19 Your dead shall live;
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Together with my dead body they shall arise.
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Awake and sing, you who dwell in dust;
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For your dew is like the dew of herbs,
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And the earth shall cast out the dead.
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20 Come, my people, enter your chambers,
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And shut your doors behind you;
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Hide yourself, as it were, for a little moment,
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Until the indignation is past.
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21 For behold, the Lord comes out of His place
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To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity;
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The earth will also disclose her blood,
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And will no more cover her slain. |