1-6. At that time, this songwill be sung in the country of Judah:We have a strong city, Salvation City,built and fortified with salvation.Throw wide the gatesso good and true people can enter.People with their minds set on you,you keep completely whole,Steady on their feet,because they keep at it and don’t quit.Depend on God and keep at itbecause in the Lord God you have a sure thing.Those who lived high and mightyhe knocked off their high horse.He used the city built on the hillas fill for the marshes.All the exploited and outcast peoplesbuild their lives on the reclaimed land.
7-10. The path of right-living people is level.The Leveler evens the road for the right-living.We’re in no hurry, God. We’re content to lingerin the path sign-posted with your decisions.Who you are and what you’ve doneare all we’ll ever want.Through the night my soul longs for you.Deep from within me my spirit reaches out to you.When your decisions are on public display,everyone learns how to live right.If the wicked are shown grace,they don’t seem to get it.In the land of right living, they persist in wrong living,blind to the splendor of God.