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 painsonly to give birth to the wind.We weren’t able to bring salvation to the land,and no new people were born on earth.
19. Your dead will live.Their corpses will rise.Those who lie dead in the dust will wake up and shout for joy,because your dew is a refreshing dew,and the earth will revive the spirits of the dead.
20. My people, go to your rooms,and shut the doors behind you.Hide for a little while until his fury has ended.
21. The Lord is going to come out from his dwelling placeto punish those who live on earth for their sins.The earth will uncover the blood shed on itand will no longer cover up its dead bodies.