1In that day, this song will be sung in the land of Judah:
2Open the gates, that the righteous nation may enter:
3You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace,
4Trust in the LORD forever;
5For he has brought down those who dwell on high, the lofty city.
6The foot shall tread it down,
7The way of the just is uprightness.
8Yes, in the way of your judgments, LORD, we have waited for you.
9With my soul I have desired you in the night.
10Let favor be shown to the wicked,
11LORD, your hand is lifted up, yet they don’t see;
12LORD, you will ordain peace for us,
13LORD our God, other lords besides you have had dominion over us,
14The dead shall not live.
15You have increased the nation, O LORD.
16LORD, in trouble they have visited you.
17Just as a woman with child, who draws near the time of her delivery,
18We have been with child.
19Your dead shall live.
20Come, my people, enter into your rooms,
21For, behold, the LORD comes out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity.