15You have made the nation great, O Lord, you have made it great; glory is yours: you have made wide the limits of the land.
16Lord, in trouble our eyes have been turned to you, we sent up a prayer when your punishment was on us.
17As a woman with child, whose time is near, is troubled, crying out in her pain; so have we been before you, O Lord.
18We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have given birth to wind; no salvation has come to the earth through us, and no children have come into the world.
19Your dead will come back; their dead bodies will come to life again. Those in the dust, awaking from their sleep, will send out a song; for your dew is a dew of light, and the earth will give birth to the shades.
20Come, my people, into your secret places, and let your doors be shut: keep yourself safe for a short time, till his wrath is over.
21For the Lord is coming out of his place to send punishment on the people of the earth for their evil-doing: the earth will let the blood drained out on her be seen, and will keep her dead covered no longer.
