“We have a strong city;
^(B)God will appoint salvation for walls and bulwarks.
^2 (C)Open the gates,
That the righteous nation which ^[a]keeps the truth may enter in.
³ You will keep him in perfect ^(D)peace,
Whose mind is stayed on You,
Because he trusts in You.
⁴ Trust in the Lord forever,
^(E)For in Yah, the Lord, is ^[b]everlasting strength.
⁵ For He brings ^[c]down those who dwell on high,
^(F)The lofty city;
He lays it low,
He lays it low to the ground,
He brings it down to the dust.
⁶ The foot shall ^[d]tread it down—
The feet of the poor
And the steps of the needy.”

⁷ The way of the just is uprightness;
^(G)O Most Upright,
You ^[e]weigh the path of the just.
⁸ Yes, ^(H)in the way of Your judgments,
O Lord, we have ^(I)waited for You;
The desire of our soul is for Your name
And for the remembrance of You.
^9 (J)With my soul I have desired You in the night,
Yes, by my spirit within me I will seek You early;
For when Your judgments are in the earth,
The inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

^10 (K)Let grace be shown to the wicked,
Yet he will not learn righteousness;
In ^(L)the land of uprightness he will deal unjustly,
And will not behold the majesty of the Lord.
¹¹ Lord, when Your hand is lifted up, ^(M)they will not see.
But they will see and be ashamed
For ^[f]their envy of people;
Yes, the fire of Your enemies shall devour them.

¹² Lord, You will establish peace for us,
For You have also done all our works ^[g]in us.
¹³ O Lord our God, ^(N)masters besides You
Have had dominion over us;
But by You only we make mention of Your name.
¹⁴ They are dead, they will not live;
They are deceased, they will not rise.
Therefore You have punished and destroyed them,
And made all their memory to ^(O)perish.
¹⁵ You have increased the nation, O Lord,
You have ^(P)increased the nation;
You are glorified;
You have expanded all the ^[h]borders of the land.

¹⁶ Lord, ^(Q)in trouble they have visited You,
They poured out a prayer when Your chastening was upon them.
¹⁷ As ^(R)a woman with child
Is in pain and cries out in her ^[i]pangs,
When she draws near the time of her delivery,
So have we been in Your sight, O Lord.
¹⁸ We have been with child, we have been in pain;
We have, as it were, ^[j]brought forth wind;
We have not accomplished any deliverance in the earth,
Nor have ^(S)the inhabitants of the world fallen.

^19 (T)Your dead shall live;
Together with ^[k]my dead body they shall arise.
^(U)Awake and sing, you who dwell in dust;
For your dew is like the dew of herbs,
And the earth shall cast out the dead.

⁴ “I will give ^(D)children^[c] to be their princes,
And ^[d]babes shall rule over them.
⁵ The people will be oppressed,
Every one by another and every one by his neighbor;
The child will be insolent toward the ^[e]elder,
And the ^[f]base toward the honorable.”

⁶ When a man takes hold of his brother
In the house of his father, saying,
“You have clothing;
You be our ruler,
And let these ruins be under your ^[g]power,”
⁷ In that day he will protest, saying,
“I cannot cure your ills,
For in my house is neither food nor clothing;
Do not make me a ruler of the people.”

⁸ For ^(E)Jerusalem stumbled,
And Judah is fallen,
Because their tongue and their doings
Are against the Lord,
To provoke the eyes of His glory.
⁹ The look on their countenance witnesses against them,
And they declare their sin as ^(F)Sodom;
They do not hide it.
Woe to their soul!
For they have brought evil upon themselves.

¹⁰ “Say to the righteous ^(G)that it shall be well with them,
^(H)For they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
¹¹ Woe to the wicked! ^(I)It shall be ill with him,
For the reward of his hands shall be ^[h]given him.
¹² As for My people, children are their oppressors,
And women rule over them.
O My people! ^(J)Those who lead you ^[i]cause you to err,
And destroy the way of your paths.”

“Because the daughters of Zion are haughty,
And walk with ^[l]outstretched necks
And ^[m]wanton eyes,
Walking and ^[n]mincing as they go,
Making a jingling with their feet,
¹⁷ Therefore the Lord will strike with ^(N)a scab
The crown of the head of the daughters of Zion,
And the Lord will ^(O)uncover their secret parts.”

¹⁸ In that day the Lord will take away the finery:
The jingling anklets, the ^[o]scarves, and the ^(P)crescents;
¹⁹ The pendants, the bracelets, and the veils;
²⁰ The headdresses, the leg ornaments, and the headbands;
The perfume boxes, the charms,
²¹     and the rings;
The nose jewels,
²²     the festal apparel, and the mantles;
The outer garments, the purses,
²³     and the mirrors;
The fine linen, the turbans, and the robes.

Instead of a sweet smell there will be a stench;
Instead of a sash, a rope;
Instead of well-set hair, ^(Q)baldness;
Instead of a rich robe, a girding of sackcloth;
And ^[p]branding instead of beauty.
²⁵ Your men shall fall by the sword,
And your ^[q]mighty in the war.

^26 (R)Her gates shall lament and mourn,
And she being desolate ^(S)shall sit on the ground.