12 Lord, you establish peace for us;

all that we have accomplished you have done for us.

13 Lord our God, other lords besides you have ruled over us,

but your name alone do we honor.

14 They are now dead, they live no more;

their spirits do not rise.

You punished them and brought them to ruin;

you wiped out all memory of them.

15 You have enlarged the nation, Lord;

you have enlarged the nation.

You have gained glory for yourself;

you have extended all the borders of the land.

16 Lord, they came to you in their distress;

when you disciplined them,

they could barely whisper a prayer.

17 As a pregnant woman about to give birth

writhes and cries out in her pain,

so were we in your presence, Lord.

18 We were with child, we writhed in labor,

but we gave birth to wind.

We have not brought salvation to the earth,

and the people of the world have not come to life.

12 O Lord, you will ordain peace for us,

for you have indeed done for us all our works.

13 O Lord our God,

other lords besides you have ruled over us,

but your name alone we bring to remembrance.

14 They are dead, they will not live;

they are shades, they will not arise;

to that end you have visited them with destruction

and wiped out all remembrance of them.

15 But you have increased the nation, O Lord,

you have increased the nation; you are glorified;

you have enlarged all the borders of the land.

16 O Lord, in distress they sought you;

they poured out a whispered prayer

when your discipline was upon them.

17 Like a pregnant woman

who writhes and cries out in her pangs

when she is near to giving birth,

so were we because of you, O Lord;

18 we were pregnant, we writhed,

but we have given birth to wind.

We have accomplished no deliverance in the earth,

and the inhabitants of the world have not fallen.

12 Lord, thou wilt ordain Peace for us:

For thou also hast wrought all our works in us.

13 O Lord our God,

Other lords beside thee have had dominion over us:

But by thee only will we make mention of thy name.

14 They are dead, they shall not live;

They are deceased, they shall not rise:

Therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them,

And made all their memory to perish.

15 Thou hast increased the nation, O Lord,

Thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified:

Thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth.

16 Lord, In trouble have they visited thee,

They poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.

17 Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery,

Is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs;

So have we been in thy sight, O Lord.

18 We have been with child, we have been in pain,

We have as it were brought forth wind;

We have not wrought any deliverance in the earth;

Neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.

12 Lord, you will grant us peace;

all we have accomplished is really from you.

13 O Lord our God, others have ruled us,

but you alone are the one we worship.

14 Those we served before are dead and gone.

Their departed spirits will never return!

You attacked them and destroyed them,

and they are long forgotten.

15 O Lord, you have made our nation great;

yes, you have made us great.

You have extended our borders,

and we give you the glory!

16 Lord, in distress we searched for you.

We prayed beneath the burden of your discipline.

17 Just as a pregnant woman

writhes and cries out in pain as she gives birth,

so were we in your presence, Lord.

18 We, too, writhe in agony,

but nothing comes of our suffering.

We have not given salvation to the earth,

nor brought life into the world.

12 Lord, You will establish peace for us,

For You have also done all our works in us.

13 O Lord our God, 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 perish.

15 You have increased the nation, O Lord,

You have increased the nation;

You are glorified;

You have expanded all the borders of the land.

16 Lord, in trouble they have visited You,

They poured out a prayer when Your chastening was upon them.

17 As a woman with child

Is in pain and cries out in her 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, brought forth wind;

We have not accomplished any deliverance in the earth,

Nor have the inhabitants of the world fallen.

12 Lord, all our success is because of what you have done,

so give us peace.

13 Lord, our God, other masters besides you have ruled us,

but we honor only you.

14 Those masters are now dead;

their ghosts will not rise from death.

You punished and destroyed them

and erased any memory of them.

15 Lord, you multiplied the number of your people;

you multiplied them and brought honor to yourself.

You made the borders of the land wide.

16 Lord, people remember you when they are in trouble;

they say quiet prayers to you when you punish them.

17 Lord, when we are with you,

we are like a woman giving birth to a baby;

she cries and has pain from the birth.

18 In the same way, we had pain.

We gave birth, but only to wind.

We don’t bring salvation to the land

or make new people for the world.

12 Jehovah, thou wilt ordain peace for us; for thou hast also wrought all our works for us. 13 O Jehovah our God, other lords besides thee have had dominion over us; but by thee only will we make mention of thy name. 14 They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all remembrance of them to perish. 15 Thou hast increased the nation, O Jehovah, thou hast increased the nation; thou art glorified; thou hast enlarged all the borders of the land.

16 Jehovah, in trouble have they visited thee; they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them. 17 Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain and crieth out in her pangs; so we have been before thee, O Jehovah. 18 We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.

12 O Lord, you will establish peace for us, 

since you have done everything for us. 

13 O Lord, our God, you are not the only master to rule us, 

but we acknowledge only you. 

14 The wicked are dead. 

They are no longer alive. 

The spirits of the dead won’t rise. 

You have punished them, destroyed them, 

and wiped out all memory of them. 

15 You have expanded the nation, O Lord. 

You have expanded the nation. 

You are honored. 

You have extended all the land’s boundaries. 

16 O Lord, the people have come to you in trouble. 

They were humbled by oppression, by your discipline upon them. 

17 O Lord, when we are with you, 

we are like pregnant women ready to give birth. 

They writhe and cry out in their labor pains. 

18 We were pregnant; we writhed with labor pains 

only to give birth to the wind. 

We weren’t able to bring salvation to the land, 

and no new people were born on earth. 

12 Lord, You will establish peace for us,

for You have also done all our work for us.

13 Yahweh our God, lords other than You have ruled over us,

but we remember Your name alone.

14 The dead do not live;

departed spirits do not rise up.

Indeed, You have visited and destroyed them;

You have wiped out all memory of them.

15 You have added to the nation, Lord.

You have added to the nation; You are honored.

You have expanded all the borders of the land.

16 Lord, they went to You in their distress;

they poured out whispered prayers

because Your discipline fell on them.

17 As a pregnant woman about to give birth

writhes and cries out in her pains,

so we were before You, Lord.

18 We became pregnant, we writhed in pain;

we gave birth to wind.

We have won no victories on earth,

and the earth’s inhabitants have not fallen.

12 O Lord, you will ordain peace for us,

for indeed, all that we have done, you have done for us.

13 O Lord our God,

other lords besides you have ruled over us,

but we acknowledge your name alone.

14 The dead do not live;

shades do not rise—

because you have punished and destroyed them,

and wiped out all memory of them.

15 But you have increased the nation, O Lord,

you have increased the nation; you are glorified;

you have enlarged all the borders of the land.

16 O Lord, in distress they sought you,

they poured out a prayer

when your chastening was on them.

17 Like a woman with child,

who writhes and cries out in her pangs

when she is near her time,

so were we because of you, O Lord;

18 we were with child, we writhed,

but we gave birth only to wind.

We have won no victories on earth,

and no one is born to inhabit the world.

12 Yahweh, you will establish peace for us,

for you have done even all of our works for us.

13 Yahweh, our God, lords besides you ruled over us,

but we praise your name alone.

14 The dead do not live;

dead spirits do not rise

because you have punished and destroyed them,

and you have destroyed all memory of them.

15 You have added to the nation, Yahweh.

You have added to the nation; you are honored.

You have extended all the ends of the land.

16 Yahweh, in distress they have visited you;

they poured out an incantation;

your discipline was on them.

17 Like a pregnant woman on the point of giving birth, she writhes;

she cries in her labor pains.

So we were because of your presence, Yahweh.

18 We became pregnant, we writhed;

we gave birth to wind.

We cannot bring about deliverance on the earth,

and no inhabitants of the world are born.

12 Lord, you give us peace.

You are the one who has done everything we’ve accomplished.

13 Lord, you are our God.

Other masters besides you have ruled over us.

But your name is the only one we honor.

14 Those other masters are now dead.

They will never live again.

Their spirits won’t rise from the dead.

You punished them and destroyed them.

You wiped out all memory of them.

15 Lord, you have made our nation grow.

You have made it larger.

You have gained glory for yourself.

You have increased the size of our land.

16 Lord, when your people were suffering, they came to you.

When you punished them,

they could barely whisper a prayer.

17 Lord, you made us like a woman who is having a baby.

She groans and cries out in pain.

18 We were pregnant. We groaned with pain.

But nothing was born.

We didn’t bring your saving power to the earth.

We didn’t give life to the people of the world.

12 Lord, You will establish peace for us,

Since You have also performed for us all our works.

13 O Lord our God, other masters besides You have ruled us;

But through You alone we confess Your name.

14 The dead will not live, the departed spirits will not rise;

Therefore You have punished and destroyed them,

And You have wiped out all remembrance of them.

15 You have increased the nation, O Lord,

You have increased the nation, You are glorified;

You have extended all the borders of the land.

16 O Lord, they sought You in distress;

They could only whisper a prayer,

Your chastening was upon them.

17 As the pregnant woman approaches the time to give birth,

She writhes and cries out in her labor pains,

Thus were we before You, O Lord.

18 We were pregnant, we writhed in labor,

We gave birth, as it seems, only to wind.

We could not accomplish deliverance for the earth,

Nor were inhabitants of the world born.