⁷ The ^(M)way of the righteous is smooth;
O Upright One, ^(N)make the path of the righteous level.
⁸ Indeed, while following the way of ^(O)Your judgments, Lord,
We have waited for You eagerly;
^(P)Your name, and ^(Q)remembering You, is the desire of our souls.
^9 (R)At night ^[d]my soul longs for You,
Indeed, ^[e]my spirit within me ^(S)seeks You diligently;
For when the earth ^[f]experiences Your judgments,
The inhabitants of the world ^(T)learn righteousness.
¹⁰ Though the wicked person is shown compassion,
He does not ^(U)learn righteousness;
He ^(V)deals unjustly in the land of uprightness,
And does not perceive the majesty of the Lord.

¹¹ Lord, Your hand is lifted up, yet they ^(W)do not see it.
^[g]They see ^(X)Your zeal for the people and are put to shame;
Indeed, ^[h](Y)fire will devour Your enemies.
¹² Lord, You will establish ^(Z)peace for us,
Since You have also performed for us all our works.
¹³ Lord, our God, ^(AA)other masters besides You have ruled us;
But through You alone we ^[i](AB)confess Your name.
^14 (AC)The dead will not live, the ^[j]departed spirits will not rise;
Therefore You have ^(AD)punished and destroyed them,
And You have eliminated all remembrance of them.
^15 (AE)You have increased the nation, Lord,
You have increased the nation, You are glorified;
You have ^(AF)extended all the borders of the land.
¹⁶ Lord, they sought You ^(AG)in distress;
They ^[k]could only whisper a prayer,
Your discipline was upon them.
^17 (AH)As the pregnant woman approaches the time to give birth,
She writhes and cries out in her labor pains;
This is how we were before You, Lord.
¹⁸ We were pregnant, we writhed in labor,
We ^(AI)gave birth, as it seems, only to wind.
We could not accomplish deliverance for the earth,
Nor were ^(AJ)inhabitants of the world ^[l]born.
¹⁹ Your ^(AK)dead will live;
^[m]Their corpses will rise.
You who lie in the dust, ^(AL)awake and shout for joy,
For your dew is as the dew of the ^[n]dawn,
And the earth will ^[o]give birth to the ^[p]departed spirits.

²⁰ Come, my people, ^(AM)enter your rooms
And close your doors behind you;
Hide for a little ^[q](AN)while
Until ^(AO)indignation ^[r]runs its course.
²¹ For behold, the Lord is about to ^(AP)come out from His place
To ^(AQ)punish the inhabitants of the earth for their wrongdoing;
And the earth will ^(AR)reveal her bloodshed
And will no longer cover her slain.