Isaiah 26

1In that day shall this canticle be sung in the land of Juda. Sion the city of our strength a saviour, a wall and a bulwark shall be set therein.

1In that day will this song be made in the land of Judah: We have a strong town; he will make salvation our walls and towers.

1In that day sung is this song in the land of Judah: `We have a strong city, Salvation He doth make walls and bulwark.

2Open ye the gates, and let the just nation, that keepeth the truth, enter in.

2Let the doors be open, so that the upright nation which keeps faith may come in.

2Open ye the gates, that enter may a righteous nation, Preserving stedfastness.

3The old error is passed away: thou wilt keep peace: peace, because we have hoped in thee.

3The man whose heart is unmoved you will keep in peace, because his hope is in you.

3An imagination supported Thou fortifiest peace--peace! For in Thee it is confident.

4You have hoped in the Lord for evermore, in the Lord God mighty for ever.

4Let your hope be in the Lord for ever: for the Lord Jah is an unchanging Rock.

4Trust ye in Jehovah for ever, For in Jah Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> a rock of ages,

5For he shall bring down them that dwell on high, the high city he shall lay low. He shall bring it down even to the ground, he shall pull it down even to the dust.

5For he has made low those who are lifted up, all the people of the town of pride: he makes it low, crushing it down to the earth; he makes it low in the dust.

5For He bowed down the dwellers on high, A city set on high He maketh low, He maketh it low unto the earth, He causeth it to come unto the dust,

6The foot shall tread it down, the feet of the poor, the steps of the needy.

6It will be crushed under the feet of the poor and the steps of those who are in need.

6Tread it down doth a foot, Feet of the poor--steps of the weak.

7The way of the just is right, the path of the just is right to walk in.

7The way of the good man is straight; the road of the upright is made smooth by you.

7The path for the righteous <FI>is<Fi> uprightness, O upright One, The path of the righteous Thou dost ponder.

8And in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, we have patiently waited for thee: thy name, and thy remembrance are the desire of the soul.

8We have been waiting for you, O Lord; the desire of our soul is for the memory of your name.

8Also, <FI>in<Fi> the path of Thy judgments, O Jehovah, we have waited <FI>for<Fi> Thee, To Thy name and to Thy remembrance <FI>Is<Fi> the desire of the soul.

9My soul hath desired thee in the night: yea, and with my spirit within me in the morning early I will watch to thee. When thou shalt do thy judgments on the earth, the inhabitants of the world shall learn justice.

9In the night the desire of my soul has been for you; early will my spirit be searching for you; for when your punishments come on the earth, the people of the world will get the knowledge of righteousness.

9<FI> With<Fi> my soul I desired Thee in the night, Also, <FI>with<Fi> my spirit within me I seek Thee earnestly, For when Thy judgments <FI>are<Fi> on the earth, The inhabitants of the world have learned righteousness.

10Let us have pity on the wicked, but he will not learn justice: in the land of the saints he hath done wicked things, and he shall not see the glory of the Lord.

10Even if you are kind to the evil-doer, he will not go after righteousness; even in the land of the upright he will still go on in his wrongdoing, and will not see the glory of the Lord.

10The wicked findeth favour, He hath not learned righteousness, In a land of straightforwardness he dealeth perversely, And seeth not the excellency of Jehovah.

11Lord, let thy hand be exalted, and let them not see: let the envious people see, and be confounded: and let fire devour thy enemies.

11Lord, your hand is lifted up, but they do not see: let them see ... yes, your haters will be burned up in the fire.

11O Jehovah, high <FI>is<Fi> Thy hand--they see not, They see the zeal of the people, and are ashamed, Also, the fire--Thine adversaries, consumeth them.

12Lord, thou wilt give us peace: for thou hast wrought all our works for us.

12Lord, you will give us peace: for all our works are the outcome of your purpose.

12O Jehovah, Thou appointest peace to us, For, all our works also Thou hast wrought for us.

13O Lord our God, other lords besides thee have had dominion over us, only in thee let us remember thy name.

13O Lord, our God, other lords than you have had rule over us; but in you only is our salvation, and no other name will we take on our lips.

13O Jehovah our God, lords have ruled us besides Thee, Only, by Thee we make mention of Thy name.

14Let not the dead live, let not the giants rise again: therefore hast visited and destroyed them, and hast destroyed all their memory.

14The dead will not come back to life: their spirits will not come back to earth; for this cause you have sent destruction on them, so that the memory of them is dead.

14Dead--they live not, Rephaim, they rise not, Therefore Thou hast inspected and dost destroy them, Yea, thou destroyest all their memory.

15Thou hast been favourable to the nation, O Lord, thou hast been favourable to the nation: art thou glorified? thou hast removed all the ends of the earth far off.

15You have made the nation great, O Lord, you have made it great; glory is yours: you have made wide the limits of the land.

15Thou hast added to the nation, O Jehovah, Thou hast added to the nation, Thou hast been honoured, Thou hast put far off all the ends of earth.

16Lord, they have sought after thee in distress, in the tribulation of murmuring thy instruction was with them.

16Lord, in trouble our eyes have been turned to you, we sent up a prayer when your punishment was on us.

16O Jehovah, in distress they missed Thee, They have poured out a whisper, Thy chastisement <FI>is<Fi> on them.

17As a woman with child, when she draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs: so are we become in thy presence, O Lord.

17As a woman with child, whose time is near, is troubled, crying out in her pain; so have we been before you, O Lord.

17When a pregnant woman cometh near to the birth, She is pained--she crieth in her pangs, So we have been from Thy face, O Jehovah.

18We have conceived, and been as it were in labour, and have brought forth wind: we have not wrought salvation on the earth, therefore the inhabitants of the earth have not fallen.

18We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have given birth to wind; no salvation has come to the earth through us, and no children have come into the world.

18We have conceived, we have been pained. We have brought forth as it were wind, Salvation we do not work in the earth, Nor do the inhabitants of the world fall.

19Thy dead men shall live, my slain shall rise again: awake, and give praise, ye that dwell in the dust: for thy dew is the dew of the light: and the land of the giants thou shalt pull down into ruin.

19Your dead will come back; their dead bodies will come to life again. Those in the dust, awaking from their sleep, will send out a song; for your dew is a dew of light, and the earth will give birth to the shades.

19`Thy dead live--My dead body they rise. Awake and sing, ye dwellers in the dust, For the dew of herbs <FI>is<Fi> thy dew, And the land of Rephaim thou causest to fall.

20Go, my people, enter into thy chambers, shut thy doors upon thee, hide thyself a little for a moment, until the indignation pass away.

20Come, my people, into your secret places, and let your doors be shut: keep yourself safe for a short time, till his wrath is over.

20Come, My people, enter into thy inner chambers, And shut thy doors behind thee, Hide thyself shortly a moment till the indignation pass over.

21For behold the Lord will come out of his place, to visit the iniquity of the inhabitant of the earth against him: and the earth shall disclose her blood, and shall cover her slain no more.

21For the Lord is coming out of his place to send punishment on the people of the earth for their evil-doing: the earth will let the blood drained out on her be seen, and will keep her dead covered no longer.

21For, lo, Jehovah is coming out of His place, To charge the iniquity of the inhabitant of the earth upon him, And revealed hath the earth her blood, Nor doth she cover any more her slain!'