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
