6. Feet trample it down –the feet of the oppressed,the footsteps of the poor.
7. The path of the righteous is level;you, the Upright One, make the way of the righteous smooth.
8. Yes, Lord, walking in the way of your laws,we wait for you;your name and renownare the desire of our hearts.
9. My soul yearns for you in the night;in the morning my spirit longs for you.When your judgments come upon the earth,the people of the world learn righteousness.
10. But when grace is shown to the wicked,they do not learn righteousness;even in a land of uprightness they go on doing eviland do not regard the majesty of the Lord.
11. Lord, your hand is lifted high,but they do not see it.Let them see your zeal for your people and be put to shame;let the fire reserved for your enemies consume them.
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 honour.
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 birthwrithes and cries out in her pain,so were we in your presence, Lord.
18. We were with child, we writhed in labour,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.
19. But your dead will live, Lord;their bodies will rise –let those who dwell in the dustwake up and shout for joy –your dew is like the dew of the morning;the earth will give birth to her dead.
20. Go, my people, enter your roomsand shut the doors behind you;hide yourselves for a little whileuntil his wrath has passed by.