Isaiah 26

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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!'

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.