Isaiah 26
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Song of Trust in God’s Protection
1On that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah:
“We have a strong city;
He sets up walls and ramparts for #26:1 Or salvationsecurity.
2“Open the gates, that the righteous nation may enter,
The one that #26:2 Lit keeps faithfulnessremains faithful.
3“The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect peace,
Because he trusts in You.
4“Trust in the Lord forever,
For in #26:4 Heb Yah, usually rendered LordGod the Lord, we have an everlasting Rock.
5“For He has brought low those who dwell on high, the unassailable city;
He lays it low, He lays it low to the ground, He casts it to the dust.
6“The foot will trample it,
The feet of the poor, the steps of the helpless.”
7¶The way of the righteous is smooth;
O Upright One, make the path of the righteous level.
8Indeed, while following the way of Your judgments, Lord,
We have waited for You eagerly;
Your name, and remembering You, is the desire of our souls.
9At night #26:9 Lit with my soul I longmy soul longs for You,
Indeed, #26:9 Lit with my spirit...I seekmy spirit within me seeks You diligently;
For when the earth #26:9 Lit hasexperiences Your judgments,
The inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
10 Though the wicked person is shown compassion,
He does not learn righteousness;
He deals unjustly in the land of uprightness,
And does not perceive the majesty of the Lord.
11¶Lord, Your hand is lifted up, yet they do not see it.
# 26:11 Or Let them see...and be They see Your zeal for the people and are put to shame;
Indeed, #26:11 Or let the fire for Your adversaries devour themfire will devour Your enemies.
12Lord, You will establish peace for us,
Since You have also performed for us all our works.
13Lord, our God, other masters besides You have ruled us;
But through You alone we #26:13 Or make Your name knownconfess Your name.
14The dead will not live, the #26:14 Or shadesdeparted spirits will not rise;
Therefore You have punished and destroyed them,
And You have eliminated all remembrance of them.
15You have increased the nation, Lord,
You have increased the nation, You are glorified;
You have extended all the borders of the land.
16Lord, they sought You in distress;
They #26:16 Lit sound forth a whispercould only whisper a prayer,
Your discipline was upon them.
17As the pregnant woman approaches the time to give birth,
She writhes and cries out in her labor pains;
This is how we were before You, Lord.
18We were pregnant, we writhed in labor,
We gave birth, as it seems, only to wind.
We could not accomplish deliverance for the earth,
Nor were inhabitants of the world #26:18 Lit fallenborn.
19Your dead will live;
# 26:19 As in some ancient versions; MT My Their corpses will rise.
You who lie in the dust, awake and shout for joy,
For your dew is as the dew of the #26:19 Lit lightsdawn,
And the earth will #26:19 Lit cause to fallgive birth to the #26:19 Or shadesdeparted spirits.
20¶Come, my people, enter your rooms
And close your doors behind you;
Hide for a little #26:20 Lit momentwhile
Until indignation #26:20 Lit passes overruns its course.
21For behold, the Lord is about to come out from His place
To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their wrongdoing;
And the earth will reveal her bloodshed
And will no longer cover her slain.
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Isaiah 26
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1In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah:
“We have a strong city;
he sets up salvation
as walls and bulwarks.
2Open the gates,
that the righteous nation which keeps faith
may enter in.
3Thou dost keep him in perfect peace,
whose mind is stayed on thee,
because he trusts in thee.
4Trust in the Lord for ever,
for the Lord God
is an everlasting rock.
5For he has brought low
the inhabitants of the height,
the lofty city.
He lays it low, 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;
thou#26.7 Cn Compare Gk: Heb thou (that art) upright dost make smooth the path of the righteous.
8In the path of thy judgments,
O Lord, we wait for thee;
thy memorial name
is the desire of our soul.
9My soul yearns for thee in the night,
my spirit within me earnestly seeks thee.
For when thy judgments are in the earth,
the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
10If favor is shown to the wicked,
he does not learn righteousness;
in the land of uprightness he deals perversely
and does not see the majesty of the Lord.
11O Lord, thy hand is lifted up,
but they see it not.
Let them see thy zeal for thy people, and be ashamed.
Let the fire for thy adversaries consume them.
12O Lord, thou wilt ordain peace for us,
thou hast wrought for us all our works.
13O Lord our God,
other lords besides thee have ruled over us,
but thy name alone we acknowledge.
14They are dead, they will not live;
they are shades, they will not arise;
to that end thou hast visited them with destruction
and wiped out all remembrance of them.
15But thou hast increased the nation, O Lord,
thou hast increased the nation; thou art glorified;
thou hast enlarged all the borders of the land.
16O Lord, in distress they sought thee,
they poured out a prayer#26.16 Heb uncertain
when thy chastening was upon them.
17Like a woman with child,
who writhes and cries out in her pangs,
when she is near her time,
so were we because of thee, O Lord;
18we were with child, we writhed,
we have as it were brought forth wind.
We have wrought no deliverance in the earth,
and the inhabitants of the world have not fallen.
19Thy dead shall live, their bodies#26.19 Cn Compare Syr Tg: Heb my body shall rise.
O dwellers in the dust, awake and sing for joy!
For thy dew is a dew of light,
and on the land of the shades thou wilt let it fall.
20Come, my people, enter your chambers,
and shut your doors behind you;
hide yourselves for a little while
until the wrath is past.
21For behold, the Lord is coming forth out of his place
to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity,
and the earth will disclose the blood shed upon her,
and will no more cover her slain.
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