16 Lord, in trouble have they visited thee;they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.
17 Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery,is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs;so have we been in thy 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 wrought any deliverance in the earth;neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
19 Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise.Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust:for thy dew is as the dew of herbs,and the earth shall cast out the dead.
20 Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers,and shut thy doors about thee:hide thyself as it were for a little moment,until the indignation be overpast.
21 For, behold, the Lord cometh out of his placeto punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity:the earth also shall disclose her blood,and shall no more cover her slain.