AWAKE, EXULT, ALL YOU WHO LIE IN THE DUST.
The path of the upright man is straight,
you smooth the way of the upright.
Following the path of your judgements,
we hoped in you, Lord,
your name, your memory are all my soul desires.
At night my soul longs for you
and my spirit seeks for you;
when your judgements appear on earth
the inhabitants of the world learn the meaning of integrity.
Lord, you are giving us peace,
since you treat us
as our deeds deserve.
Distressed, we search for you, Lord;
the misery of oppression was your punishment for us.
As a woman with child near her time
writhes and cries out in her pangs,
so are we, O Lord, in your presence:
we have conceived, we writhe
as if we were giving birth;
we have not given the spirit of salvation to the earth,
no more inhabitants of the world are born.
Your dead will come to life,
their corpses will rise;
awake, exult,
all you who lie in the dust,
for your dew is a radiant dew
and the land of ghosts will give birth.
V. The word of the Lord.
R. Thanks be to God.
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