A Song of Praise

26 In that dayb this song will be sungc in the land of Judah:

We have a strong city;d

God makes salvation

its wallse and ramparts.f

2 Open the gatesg

that the righteoush nation may enter,

the nation that keeps faith.

3 You will keep in perfect peacei

those whose minds are steadfast,

because they trustj in you.

4 Trustk in the Lord forever,l

for the Lord, the Lord himself, is the Rockm eternal.

5 He humbles those who dwell on high,

he lays the lofty city low;

he levels it to the groundn

and casts it down to the dust.o

6 Feet tramplep it down—

the feet of the oppressed,q

the footsteps of the poor.r

7 The path of the righteous is level;s

you, the Upright One,t make the way of the righteous smooth.u

8 Yes, Lord, walking in the way of your laws,a v

we waitw for you;

your namex and renown

are the desire of our hearts.

9 My soul yearns for you in the night;y

in the morning my spirit longsz for you.

When your judgmentsa come upon the earth,

the people of the world learn righteousness.b

10 But when grace is shown to the wicked,c

they do not learn righteousness;

even in a land of uprightness they go on doing evild

and do not regarde the majesty of the Lord.

11 Lord, your hand is lifted high,f

but they do not seeg it.

Let them see your zealh for your people and be put to shame;i

let the firej reserved for your enemies consume them.

12 Lord, you establish peacek for us;

all that we have accomplished you have donel for us.

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

but your namen alone do we honor.o