Isa 26 | ASV | e4.org | In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah: we have a strong city; salvation will he appoint for walls and bulwarks.

‏ Isaiah 26

1 In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah: we have a strong city; salvation will he appoint for walls and bulwarks. 2 Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth faith may enter in. 3 ^▼▼1 Thou wilt keep him ^▼▼2 in perfect peace, whose ^▼▼3 mind is stayed on thee ; because he trusteth in thee. ^{▼▼1) Or A stedfast mind thou keepest in perfect peace, because it etc 2) Heb peace, peace 3) Or imagination} 4 Trust ye in Jehovah for ever; for in ^▼▼1 Jehovah, even Jehovah, is an ^▼▼2 everlasting rock. ^{▼▼1) Heb Jah 2) Or a rock of ages}

5 For he hath brought down them that dwell on high, the lofty city: he layeth it low, he layeth it low even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust. 6 The foot shall tread it down; even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy. 7 The way of the just is ^▼▼1 uprightness: thou that art upright dost ^▼▼2 direct the path of the just. ^{▼▼1) Or a right way; the path of the just thou directest aright 2) Or level} 8 Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Jehovah, have we waited for thee; to thy name, even to thy memorial name , is the desire of our soul. 9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee earnestly: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness. 10 Let favor be showed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness will he deal wrongfully, and will not behold the majesty of Jehovah. 11 Jehovah, thy hand is lifted up, yet they see not: but they shall see ^▼▼1 thy zeal for the people, and be put to shame; yea, ^▼▼2 fire shall devour thine adversaries. ^{▼▼1) Or and be put to shame, in their envy at the people 2) Or the fire of thine adversaries shall devour them}
12 Jehovah, thou wilt ordain peace for us; for thou hast also wrought all our works for us. 13 O Jehovah our God, other lords besides thee have had dominion over us; but by thee only will we make mention of thy name. 14 ^▼▼1 They are dead, they shall not live; they are ^▼▼2 deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all remembrance of them to perish. ^{▼▼1) Or The dead live not, the deceased rise not 2) Or shades ; Heb Rephaim} 15 Thou hast increased the nation, O Jehovah, thou hast increased the nation; thou art glorified; ^▼▼1 thou hast enlarged all the borders of the land. ^{▼▼1) Or thou hast removed it far unto all the ends of the earth} 16 Jehovah, in trouble have they ^▼▼1 visited thee; they poured out a ^▼▼2 prayer when thy chastening was upon them. ^{▼▼1) Or looked for 2) Heb whisper} 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 we have been ^▼▼1 before thee, O Jehovah. ^{▼▼1) Or at thy presence} 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; ^▼▼1 neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen. ^{▼▼1) Or neither have inhabitants of the world been born} 19 Thy dead shall live; my dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust; for thy dew is as the dew of ^▼▼1 herbs, and the earth shall cast forth ^▼▼2 the dead. ^{▼▼1) Or light 2) Or the shades ; Heb Rephaim}

20 Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. 21 For, behold, Jehovah cometh forth out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.