8. In the way of Your judgments, O Lord,we have waited for You eagerly;the desire of our souls is Your name,even Your memory.
9. With my soul I have desired You in the night;my spirit within me seeks You diligently;for when Your judgments are in the earth,the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
10. Though favor is shown to the wicked,yet he will not learn righteousness;in the land of uprightness he deals unjustlyand does not perceive the majesty of the Lord.
11. Lord, Your hand is lifted up,but they do not see it.They see Your zeal for the people and are put to shame;the fire of Your enemies shall devour them.
12. Lord, You will ordain peace for us,for You also have done all our works for us.
13. O Lord our God, other lords besides You have had dominion over us,but through You alone we confess Your name.
14. The dead shall not live;the departed spirits shall not rise.Therefore, You have punished and destroyed themand made all remembrance of them to perish.
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. Lord, in trouble they have sought You;they poured out a prayerwhen Your chastening was on them.
17. Like a woman with child, who is in pain and cries out in her pangswhen 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 were the inhabitants of the world born.