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¹In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah: we have a strong city; salvation will he appoint for walls and bulwarks.

²Open you the gates, that the righteous nation which keeps faith may enter in.

³You will keep [him] in perfect peace, [whose] mind [is] stayed [on you]; because he trusts in you.

⁴Trust in Yahweh forever; for in Yah, Yahweh, is an everlasting Rock.

⁵For he has brought down those who dwell on high, the lofty city: he lays it low, he lays it low even to the ground; he brings it even to the dust.

⁶The foot shall tread it down; even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.

⁷The way of the just is uprightness: you that are upright do direct the path of the just.

⁸Yes, in the way of your judgments, Yahweh, have we waited for you; to your name, even to your memorial [name], is the desire of our soul.

⁹With my soul have I desired you in the night; yes, with my spirit within me will I seek you earnestly: for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

¹⁰Let favor be showed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness will he deal wrongfully, and will not see the majesty of Yahweh.