We have a strong city;^(C)
    God makes salvation
    its walls^(D) and ramparts.^(E)
2 Open the gates^(F)
    that the righteous^(G) nation may enter,
    the nation that keeps faith.
³ You will keep in perfect peace^(H)
    those whose minds are steadfast,
    because they trust^(I) in you.
⁴ Trust^(J) in the Lord forever,^(K)
    for the Lord, the Lord himself, is the Rock^(L) eternal.

⁸ Yes, Lord, walking in the way of your laws,^[a](A)
    we wait^(B) for you;
your name^(C) and renown
    are the desire of our hearts.
⁹ My soul yearns for you in the night;^(D)
    in the morning my spirit longs^(E) for you.
When your judgments^(F) come upon the earth,
    the people of the world learn righteousness.^(G)

¹² Lord, you establish peace^(A) for us;
    all that we have accomplished you have done^(B) for us.
¹³ Lord our God, other lords^(C) besides you have ruled over us,
    but your name^(D) alone do we honor.^(E)

¹⁹ But your dead^(A) will live, Lord;
    their bodies will rise—
let those who dwell in the dust^(B)
    wake up and shout for joy—
your dew^(C) is like the dew of the morning;
    the earth will give birth to her dead.^(D)

²⁰ Go, my people, enter your rooms
    and shut the doors^(E) behind you;
hide^(F) yourselves for a little while
    until his wrath^(G) has passed by.^(H)
21 See, the Lord is coming^(I) out of his dwelling^(J)
    to punish^(K) the people of the earth for their sins.
The earth will disclose the blood^(L) shed on it;
    the earth will conceal its slain no longer.