Revised Literal Translation

Isaiah 26

1In that dayבַּיּ֣וֹםbai.YomH3117shall this songהַשִּׁיר־ha.shir-H7892be sungיוּשַׁ֥רyu.SharH7891in the landבְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzH776of Judahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063;We have a strongH5797cityעִ֣יר'irH5892;salvationיְשׁוּעָ֥הye.shu.'AhH3444will Godappointיָשִׁ֖יתya.ShitH7896forwallsחוֹמ֥וֹתcho.MotH2346and bulwarksוָחֵֽל׃va.ChelH2426.

2Openפִּתְח֖וּpit.ChuH6605ye the gatesשְׁעָרִ֑יםshe.'a.RimH8179,that the righteousצַדִּ֖יקtza.DikH6662nationגוֹי־goy-H1471which keepethשֹׁמֵ֥רsho.MerH8104the truthאֱמֻנִֽים׃'e.mu.NimH529may enter inוְיָבֹ֥אve.ya.Vo'H935.

3Thou wilt keepתִּצֹּ֖רti.TzorH5341himin perfectשָׁל֣וֹם׀sha.LomH7965peaceשָׁל֑וֹםsha.LomH7965, whosemindיֵ֣צֶרYe.tzerH3336isstayedסָמ֔וּךְsa.MukhH5564on thee:because he trustethבָּטֽוּחַ׃ba.Tu.achH982in thee.

4Trustבִּטְח֥וּbit.ChuH982ye in Yhwhבַֽיהוָ֖הba.Yah.wehH3068for everעַ֑ד'AdH5703:for in Yahבְּיָ֣הּbe.YahH3050Yhwhיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068iseverlastingעוֹלָמִֽים׃o.la.MimH5769strengthצ֖וּרtzurH6697:

5For he bringeth downהֵשַׁח֙he.ShachH7817them that dwellיֹשְׁבֵ֣יyo.she.VeiH3427on highמָר֔וֹםma.RomH4791;the loftyנִשְׂגָּבָ֑הnis.ga.VahH7682cityקִרְיָ֖הkir.YahH7151,he layeth it lowיַשְׁפִּילֶ֤נָּהyash.pi.Le.nahH8213;he layeth it lowיַשְׁפִּילָהּ֙yash.pi.LahH8213, evento the groundאֶ֔רֶץ'E.retzH776;he bringethיַגִּיעֶ֖נָּהya.gi.'E.nahH5060it evento the dustעָפָֽר׃'a.FarH6083.

6The footרָ֑גֶלRa.gelH7272shall tread it downתִּרְמְסֶ֖נָּהtir.me.Se.nahH7429, eventhe feetרַגְלֵ֥יrag.LeiH7272of the poorעָנִ֖י'a.NiH6041, andthe stepsפַּעֲמֵ֥יpa.'a.MeiH6471of the needyדַלִּֽים׃da.LimH1800.

7The wayאֹ֥רַח'O.rachH734of the justלַצַּדִּ֖יקla.tza.DikH6662isuprightnessמֵֽישָׁרִ֑יםmei.sha.RimH4339:thou, most uprightיָשָׁ֕רya.SharH3477,dost weighתְּפַלֵּֽס׃te.fa.LesH6424the pathמַעְגַּ֥לma'.GalH4570of the justצַדִּ֖יקtza.DikH6662.

8Yea, in the wayאֹ֧רַח'O.rachH734of thy judgmentsמִשְׁפָּטֶ֛יךָmish.pa.Tei.khaH4941,O Yhwhיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068,have we waitedקִוִּינ֑וּךָki.vi.Nu.chaH6960for thee; the desireתַּאֲוַת־ta.'a.vat-H8378of oursoulנָֽפֶשׁ׃Na.feshH5315isto thy nameלְשִׁמְךָ֥le.shim.KhaH8034,and to the remembranceוּֽלְזִכְרְךָ֖u.le.zikh.re.KhaH2143of thee.

9With my soulנַפְשִׁ֤יnaf.ShiH5315have I desiredאִוִּיתִ֙יךָ֙'i.vi.Ti.khaH183thee in the nightבַּלַּ֔יְלָהba.Lay.lahH3915;yea, with my spiritרוּחִ֥יru.ChiH7307withinבְקִרְבִּ֖יve.kir.BiH7130me will I seek thee earlyאֲשַֽׁחֲרֶ֑ךָּ'a.sha.cha.Re.kaH7836:for when thy judgmentsמִשְׁפָּטֶ֙יךָ֙mish.pa.Tei.khaH4941arein the earthלָאָ֔רֶץla.'A.retzH776,the inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵ֥יyo.she.VeiH3427of the worldתֵבֵֽל׃te.VelH8398will learnלָמְד֖וּla.me.DuH3925righteousnessצֶ֥דֶקTze.dekH6664.

10Let favour be shewedיֻחַ֤ןyu.ChanH2603to the wickedרָשָׁע֙ra.Sha'H7563, yetwill he notבַּל־bal-H1077learnלָמַ֣דla.MadH3925righteousnessצֶ֔דֶקTze.dekH6664:in the landבְּאֶ֥רֶץbe.'E.retzH776of uprightnessנְכֹח֖וֹתne.kho.ChotH5229will he deal unjustlyיְעַוֵּ֑לye.'a.VelH5765,and will notוּבַל־u.val-H1077beholdיִרְאֶ֖הyir.'EhH7200the majestyגֵּא֥וּתge.'UtH1348of Yhwhיְהוָֽה׃ סYah.wehH3068.

11Yhwhיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068, whenthy handיָדְךָ֖ya.de.KhaH3027is lifted upרָ֥מָהRa.mahH7311,they will not seeיֶחֱזָי֑וּןye.che.za.YunH2372: butthey shall seeיֶחֱז֤וּye.che.ZuH2372,and be ashamedוְיֵבֹ֙שׁוּ֙ve.ye.Vo.shuH954for theirenvyקִנְאַת־kin.'at-H7068at the peopleעָ֔ם'AmH5971;yea, the fireאֵ֖שׁ'eshH784of thine enemiesצָרֶ֥יךָtza.Rei.khaH6862shall devourתֹאכְלֵֽם׃ סto.khe.LemH398them.

12Yhwhיְהוָ֕הYah.wehH3068,thou wilt ordainתִּשְׁפֹּ֥תtish.PotH8239peaceשָׁל֖וֹםsha.LomH7965for us: for thou also hast wroughtפָּעַ֥לְתָּpa.'Al.taH6466all our worksמַעֲשֵׂ֖ינוּma.'a.Sei.nuH4639in us.

13O Yhwhיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068our Godאֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430, otherlordsאֲדֹנִ֖ים'a.do.NimH113besideזֽוּלָתֶ֑ךָzu.la.Te.khaH2108thee have had dominionבְּעָל֥וּנוּbe.'a.Lu.nuH1166over us: butby thee only will we make mentionנַזְכִּ֥ירnaz.KirH2142of thy nameשְׁמֶֽךָ׃she.Me.khaH8034.

14They aredeadמֵתִים֙me.TimH4191,they shall not liveיִחְי֔וּyich.YuH2421; they aredeceasedרְפָאִ֖יםre.fa.'ImH7496,they shall not riseיָקֻ֑מוּya.Ku.muH6965:therefore hast thou visitedפָּקַ֙דְתָּ֙pa.Kad.taH6485and destroyedוַתַּשְׁמִידֵ֔םva.tash.mi.DemH8045them, and made all their memoryזֵ֖כֶרZe.kherH2143to perishוַתְּאַבֵּ֥דva.te.'a.BedH6.

15Thou hast increasedיָסַ֤פְתָּya.Saf.taH3254the nationלַגּוֹי֙la.goyH1471,O Yhwhיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068,thou hast increasedיָסַ֥פְתָּya.Saf.taH3254the nationלַגּ֖וֹיla.GoyH1471:thou art glorifiedנִכְבָּ֑דְתָּnikh.Ba.de.taH3513: thou hadst removed itfarרִחַ֖קְתָּri.Chak.taH7368untoall the endsקַצְוֵי־katz.vei-H7099of the earthאָֽרֶץ׃'A.retzH776.

16Yhwhיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068,in troubleבַּצַּ֣רba.TzarH6862have they visitedפְּקָד֑וּךָpe.ka.Du.chaH6485thee, they poured outצָק֣וּןtza.KunH6694a prayerלַ֔חַשׁLa.chashH3908whenthy chasteningמוּסָרְךָ֖mu.sa.re.KhaH4148was upon them.

17Likeכְּמ֤וֹke.MoH3644as a woman with childהָרָה֙ha.RahH2030, thatdraweth nearתַּקְרִ֣יבtak.RivH7126the time of her deliveryלָלֶ֔דֶתla.Le.detH3205,is in painתָּחִ֥ילta.ChilH2342, andcrieth outתִּזְעַ֖קtiz.'AkH2199in her pangsבַּחֲבָלֶ֑יהָba.cha.va.Lei.haH2256;so have we been in thy sightמִפָּנֶ֖יךָmi.pa.Nei.khaH6440,O Yhwhיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

18We have been with childהָרִ֣ינוּha.Ri.nuH2029,we have been in painחַ֔לְנוּChal.nuH2342,we have as it wereכְּמ֖וֹke.MoH3644brought forthיָלַ֣דְנוּya.Lad.nuH3205windר֑וּחַRu.achH7307;we have not wroughtנַ֣עֲשֶׂהNa.'a.sehH6213any deliveranceיְשׁוּעֹת֙ye.shu.'OtH3444in the earthאֶ֔רֶץ'E.retzH776;neitherH1077have the inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵ֥יyo.she.VeiH3427of the worldתֵבֵֽל׃te.VelH8398fallenיִפְּל֖וּyi.pe.LuH5307.

19Thy deadמֵתֶ֔יךָme.Tei.khaH4191menshall liveיִֽחְי֣וּyich.YuH2421, together withmy dead bodyנְבֵלָתִ֖יne.ve.la.TiH5038shall they ariseיְקוּמ֑וּןye.ku.MunH6965.Awakeהָקִ֨יצוּha.Ki.tzuH6974and singוְרַנְּנ֜וּve.ra.ne.NuH7442,ye that dwellשֹׁכְנֵ֣יsho.khe.NeiH7931in dustעָפָ֗ר'a.FarH6083:for thy dewטַ֤לtalH2919is asthe dewטַלֶּ֔ךָta.Le.khaH2919of herbsאוֹרֹת֙'o.RotH219,and the earthוָאָ֖רֶץva.'A.retzH776shall cast outתַּפִּֽיל׃ סta.PilH5307the deadרְפָאִ֥יםre.fa.'ImH7496.

20ComeH3212,my peopleעַמִּי֙'a.MiH5971,enterבֹּ֣אbo'H935thou into thy chambersבַחֲדָרֶ֔יךָva.cha.da.Rei.khaH2315,and shutוּֽסְגֹ֥רu.se.GorH5462thy doorsדְּלָתְךָ֖de.la.tei.khaH1817about thee: hideחֲבִ֥יcha.ViH2247thyself as it were for a littleכִמְעַט־khim.'at-H4592momentרֶ֖גַעRe.ga'H7281,until the indignationזָֽעַם׃Za.'amH2195be overpastיַעֲבָרya.'a.VorH5674.

21For, behold, Yhwhיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068cometh outיֹצֵ֣אyo.Tze'H3318of his placeמִמְּקוֹמ֔וֹmi.me.ko.MoH4725to punishלִפְקֹ֛דlif.KodH6485the inhabitantsיֹֽשֵׁב־yo.shev-H3427of the earthהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776for their iniquityעֲוֹ֥ן'a.VonH5771:the earthהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ha.'A.retzH776also shall discloseוְגִלְּתָ֤הve.gi.le.TahH1540her bloodדָּמֶ֔יהָda.Mei.haH1818,and shall no more coverתְכַסֶּ֥הte.kha.SehH3680her slainהֲרוּגֶֽיהָ׃ סha.ru.Gei.haH2026.

Commentaries on Isaiah 26