(0:48) YOU KEEP HIM IN PERFECT PEACE (0:05) whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD GOD is an everlasting rock…(0:18) At that time this song will be sung in the land of Judah: "We have a strong city! The Lord's deliverance, like walls and a rampart, makes it secure. He will make salvation our walls and towers. (1:05) Open the gates so a righteous nation can enter, one that remains trustworthy. You keep completely safe the people who maintain their faith, for they trust in you. (1:22) The man whose heart is unmoved you will keep in peace, because his hope is in you.” Let your hope be in the Lord for ever: for the Lord Jah is an unchanging Rock. Trust in the Lord from this time forward, even in Yah, the Lord, an enduring protector!
(1:30) For he has made low those who are lifted up, all the people of the town of pride: he makes it low, crushing it down to the earth; he makes it low in the dust. It will be crushed under the feet of the poor and the steps of those who are in need. Indeed, (1:43) the Lord knocks down those who live in a high place by the feet of the oppressed, by the soles of the poor.
(1:58) The way of the good man is straight; the road of the upright is made smooth by you. Yes, as your judgments unfold, (2:14) O Lord, we wait for you. We desire your fame and reputation to grow. (2:22) We have been waiting for you, O Lord; the desire of our soul is for the memory of your name. (2:28) I look for you during the night, my spirit within me seeks you at dawn, for when your judgments come upon the earth, those who live in the world learn about justice.
(2:36) Even if you are kind to the evil-doer, they do not learn about justice. Even in a land where right is rewarded, they act unjustly; they do not see the Lord 's majesty revealed. O Lord, you are ready to act (3:21), but they don't even notice. They will see and be put to shame by your angry judgment against humankind, yes, fire will consume your enemies.
(3:41) O Lord, you make us secure, for even all we have accomplished, you have done for us. Lord, you will give us peace: for all our works are the outcome of your purpose. O Lord, our God, masters other than you have ruled us, but we praise your name alone. (4:02) In you only is our salvation, and no other name will we take on our lips. (4:21) The dead do not come back to life, the spirits of the dead do not rise. That is because you came in judgment and destroyed them, you wiped out all memory of them.
(4:44) You have made the nation great, O Lord, you have made it great; glory is yours: you have made wide the limits of the land. (5:04) O Lord, in distress they looked for you; they uttered incantations because of your discipline. Lord, in trouble our eyes have been turned to you, we sent up a prayer when your punishment was on us. (5:20) As a woman with child, whose time is near, is troubled, crying out in her pain; so have we been before you, O Lord. (5:37) We were pregnant, we strained, we gave birth, as it were, to wind. We cannot produce deliverance on the earth; people to populate the world are not born. (5:44) No salvation has come to the earth through us, and no children have come into the world. (5:57) Your dead will come back to life; your corpses will rise up. Wake up and shout joyfully, you who live in the ground! For you will grow like plants drenched with the morning dew, and the earth will bring forth its dead spirits. Their dead bodies will come to life again. (6:12) Those in the dust, awaking from their sleep, will send out a song; for your dew is a dew of light, and the earth will give birth to the shades.
(6:53) Go, my people! Enter your inner rooms! Close your doors behind you! Hide for a little while, until his angry judgment is over! (7:03) For look, the Lord is coming out of the place where he lives, to punish the sin of those who live on the earth. The earth will display the blood shed on it; it will no longer cover up its slain.