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LORD, they came to you in their distress; when you disciplined them, they could barely whisper a prayer.

Lord, they came to you in their distress; when you disciplined them, they could barely whisper a prayer.

As a woman with child and about to give birth writhes and cries out in her pain, so were we in your presence, O LORD.

As a pregnant woman about to give birth writhes and cries out in her pain, so were we in your presence, Lord.

We were with child, we writhed in pain, but we gave birth to wind. We have not brought salvation to the earth; we have not given birth to people of the world.

We were with child, we writhed in labor, 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.

But your dead will live; their bodies will rise. You who dwell in the dust, wake up and shout for joy. Your dew is like the dew of the morning; the earth will give birth to her dead.

But your dead will live, Lord ; their bodies will rise— let those who dwell in the dust wake up and shout for joy— your dew is like the dew of the morning; the earth will give birth to her dead.