​Sixth Day of Christmas

¹On that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah:
We have a strong city;
he sets up victory
like walls and bulwarks.
²Open the gates,
so that the righteous nation that keeps faith
may enter in.
³Those of steadfast mind you keep in peace —
in peace because they trust in you.
⁴Trust in the LORD forever,
for in the Lord GOD
you have an everlasting rock.
⁵For he has brought low
the inhabitants of the height;
the lofty city he lays low.
He lays it low to the ground,
casts it to the dust.
⁶The foot tramples it,
the feet of the poor,
the steps of the needy.
⁷The way of the righteous is level;
O Just One, you make smooth the path of the righteous.
⁸In the path of your judgments,
O LORD, we wait for you;
your name and your renown
are the soul’s desire.
⁹My soul yearns for you in the night,
my spirit within me earnestly seeks you.
For when your judgments are in the earth,
the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.