1 In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks. 2 Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in. 3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. 4 Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:

5 For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust. 6 The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy. 7 The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just. 8 Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee. 9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness. 10 Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD. 11 LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.

12 LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us. 13 O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name. 14 They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish. 15 Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth. 16 LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them. 17 Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O LORD. 18 We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen. 19 Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.

20 Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. 21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.

1 In die dag sal hierdie lied gesing word in die land Juda: 'n Sterk stad het ons; God stel heil tot mure en skanse.

2 Maak oop die poorte, dat die regverdige nasie kan ingaan wat die trou bewaar!

3 U sal 'n standvastige gesindheid in volle vrede bewaar, want hulle vertrou op U.

4 Vertrou op die HERE vir ewig, want in die Here HERE is 'n ewige rots.

5 Want Hy het die bewoners van die hoogte neergewerp, die steil vesting; Hy het dit afgegooi, afgegooi tot by die grond, dit laat kom tot in die stof.

6 Die voet vertrap dit, die voete van die ellendige, die voetstappe van die armes.

7 Die pad van die regverdige is gelyk; U maak die spoor van die regverdige gelyk.

8 Ook in die weg van u oordele het ons U verwag, o HERE! Tot u Naam en tot u gedenknaam gaan die begeerte van ons siel uit.

9 Met my siel begeer ek u in die nag; ook met my gees in my binneste soek ek U; want as u oordele op die aarde is, leer die inwoners van die wêreld geregtigheid.

10 Word aan die goddelose genade bewys, dan leer hy geen geregtigheid nie; wat onreg is, doen hy in 'n land van reg, en hy sien die hoogheid van die HERE nie.

11 HERE, is u hand opgehef, hulle sien dit nie; maar hulle sal dit sien en beskaamd staan; die ywer vir die volk, ook die vuur teen u teëstanders sal hulle verteer.

12 HERE, U sal vir ons vrede beskik, want U het ook al ons werk vir ons volbring.

13 HERE, onse God, ander here buiten U het oor ons geheers, maar deur U alleen prys ons u Naam.

14 Dooie mense herlewe nie, skimme staan nie op nie; daarom het U hulle besoek en verdelg en alle gedagtenis aan hulle laat vergaan.

15 U het, o HERE, die nasie vermeerder; U het die nasie vermeerder, Uself verheerlik; U het al die grense van die land uitgebrei.

16 HERE, in benoudheid het hulle U gesoek; hulle het stille gebede uitgegiet toe u tugtiging hulle getref het.

17 Soos 'n bevrugte vrou wat naby die tyd kom dat sy moet baar, inmekaar krimp, skreeu in haar weë, so was ons vanweë u aangesig, o HERE!

18 Ons was swanger, het weë gehad -- dit was asof ons wind gebaar het; ons het die land geen redding aangebring nie, en daar is geen wêreldbewoners gebore nie.

19 U dode sal herlewe, my lyke sal opstaan. Waak op en jubel, julle wat in die stof woon! Want u dou is 'n dou van die lig, en die aarde sal aan skimme die lewenslig skenk.

20 Kom, my volk, gaan in jou binnekamers en sluit jou deur agter jou toe, verberg jou vir 'n klein oomblik, totdat die grimmigheid verbygaan.

21 Want kyk, die HERE sal uit sy plek uitgaan om die ongeregtigheid van die bewoners van die aarde oor hulle te besoek; en die aarde sal die bloed openbaar maak wat deur hom gedrink is, en die wat op hom gedood is, nie langer toedek nie.