A Song of Salvation

1In that day, will be sung this song in the land of Judah:

We have a strong city;

He sets salvation for walls and a rampart.

2Open the gates, that a righteous nation may enter in—

one keeping faith.

3You will keep the one steadfast of mind in perfect peace,

because he trusts in You.

4Trust in YHWH even to forever,

for in YAH—YHWH—is a Rock of Ages.

5For He has brought down those dwelling in a high place;

the city up high He brings low—

He brings it down to the ground,

He makes it touch even to the dust.

6The foot will trample it—

the feet of the poor,

the steps of the lowly.

7The path of a righteous one is uprightness;

You make level a straight track for the righteous one.

8Indeed, in the path of Your judgments,

O YHWH, we wait for You;

for Your name and for the remembrance of You

is the desire of the soul.

9With my soul I have desired You in the night;

yes, with my spirit within me I seek You early;

for when Your judgments are on the earth,

those dwelling in the world will learn righteousness.

10Let the wicked be favored—

he will not learn righteousness;

in the land of uprightness he acts unjustly,

and he cannot see the majesty of YHWH.

11O YHWH, Your hand is lifted high;

they do not see it.

Let them see the zeal for the people

and be ashamed;

yes, the fire of Your enemies

will devour them.

12O YHWH, You will establish peace for us,

even for all our works

You have done for us.

13O YHWH our God, lords besides You have ruled over us;

only by You we make mention of Your name.

14Those being dead will not live;

the Rephaim will not rise;

therefore you have attended to and destroyed them,

and You have made to perish all memory of them.

15You have added to the nation, O YHWH;

You have added to the nation,

You are glorified;

You have expanded all the borders of the land.

16O YHWH, in the distress they visited You;

they poured out a whispering with Your discipline upon them.

17Like a pregnant woman drawing near to giving birth

writhes and cries out in pain,

so have we been before Your face, O YHWH.

18We were pregnant; we writhed;

we gave birth as if to the wind;

we have not accomplished salvation on earth,

and those dwelling in the world have not fallen.

19Your dead will live—my corpse they rise!

Awake and sing out, O dwellers of the dust!

For a dew of light is your dew,

and the earth, she will cast out the Rephaim.

20Go, my people, come into your chambers,

and shut your doors behind you;

hide yourself a little while,

until His anger has passed by.

21For behold, YHWH is coming forth from His place

to punish the iniquity of those dwelling in the earth!

And the earth will uncover her bloodshed

and she will not cover anymore over her slain.