Isaiah 26

1In that dayH3117 shall this songH7892 be sungH7891 in the landH776 of JudahH3063: We have a strongH5794 cityH5892; salvationH3444 doth he appointH7896 for wallsH2346 and bulwarks. 2OpenH6605 ye the gatesH8179, and the righteousH6662 nationH1471 which keepeth faithfulness shall enter in. 3Thou wilt keepH5341 in perfect peaceH7965 the mind stayed [on thee], for he confideth in thee. 4Confide ye in Jehovah for everH5703; for in Jah, Jehovah, is the rockH6697 of ages. 5For he bringeth downH3427 them that dwellH3427 on highH4791; the lofty city, he layeth it lowH8213, he layeth it lowH8213 to the groundH776, he bringeth it even to the dustH6083. 6The footH7272 shall tread it down, — the feetH7272 of the afflictedH6041, the steps of the poorH6041. 7The wayH734 of the just is uprightness: thou, the UprightH3477, dost makeH6424 the pathH734 of the just even. 8Yea, in the wayH734 of thy judgmentsH4941, O Jehovah, have we waited for thee; the desireH8378 of [our] soulH5315 is to thy nameH8034, and to thy memorial. 9With my soulH5315 have I desiredH183 thee in the nightH3915; yea, with my spiritH7307 within me I seekH7836 thee early: for when thy judgmentsH4941 are in the earthH776, the inhabitantsH3427 of the worldH8398 learnH3925 righteousnessH6664. 10If favour be shewn to the wickedH7563, he doth not learnH3925 righteousnessH6664: in the landH776 of uprightness he dealeth unjustly, and beholdeth not the majestyH1348 of Jehovah. 11Jehovah, thy handH3027 is liftedH7311 up, but they do not seeH2372: [yet] they shall seeH2372 [thy] jealousyH7068 [for] the peopleH5971, and be ashamedH954; yea, the fireH784 which is for thine adversaries shall devourH398 them. 12Jehovah, thou wilt ordain peaceH7965 for us; for thou alsoH1571 hast wrought all our worksH4639 for us. 13Jehovah our 1GodH430, other lordsH113 than thee have had dominion over us; by thee onlyH905 will we makeH2142 mention of thy nameH8034. 14[They are] deadH4191, they shall not liveH2421; deceased, they shall not riseH6965: for thou hast visitedH6485 and destroyedH8045 them, and made all memoryH2143 of them to perishH6. 15Thou hast increasedH3254 the nationH1471, Jehovah, thou hast increasedH3254 the nationH1471: thou art glorifiedH3513. Thou hadst removedH7368 [it] farH7368 [unto] all the endsH7099 of the earthH776. 16Jehovah, in trouble they sought thee; they pouredH6694 out [their] whispered prayer when thy chasteningH4148 was upon them. 17As a woman with child, that draweth near her delivery, is in travail, [and] crieth out in her pangs; soH3651 have we beenH1961 before thee, Jehovah. 18We have been with childH3205, we have been in travail, we have as it were broughtH3205 forthH3205 windH7307; we have not wrought the deliveranceH3444 of the landH776, neither have the inhabitantsH3427 of the worldH8398 fallenH5307. 19Thy deadH4191 shall liveH2421, my deadH4191 bodies shall ariseH6965. Awake and singH7442 in triumph, ye that dwellH7931 in dustH6083; for thy dewH2919 is the dewH2919 of the morning, and the earthH776 shall castH5307 forth the deadH4191. 20ComeH935, my peopleH5971, enter into thy chambersH2315, and shutH5462 thy doorsH1817 about thee; hideH2247 thyself just for a littleH4592 momentH7281, until the indignationH2195 be past. 21For behold, Jehovah cometh out of his placeH4725 to visitH6485 the iniquityH5771 of the inhabitantsH3427 of the earthH776 upon them; and the earthH776 shall disclose her bloodH1818, and shall no more coverH3680 her slainH2026.