Is 26:1 In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a
strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.
Is 26:2 Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may
enter in.
Is 26:3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee:
because he trusteth in thee.
Is 26:4 Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord JEHOVAH is everlasting
strength:
Is 26:5 For he bringeth 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.
Is 26:6 The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps
of the needy.
Is 26:7 The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the
path of the just.
Is 26:8 Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, have we waited for thee; the
desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
Is 26:9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit
within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the
inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
Is 26:10 Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn
righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not
behold the majesty of the Lord.
Is 26:11 Lord, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall
see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies
shall devour them.
Is 26:12 Lord, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our
works in us.
Is 26:13 O Lord our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but
by thee only will we make mention of thy name.
Is 26:14 They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not
rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory
to perish.
Is 26:15 Thou hast increased the nation, O Lord, thou hast increased the nation:
thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth.
Is 26:16 Lord, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when
thy chastening was upon them.
Is 26:17 Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery,
is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O Lord.
Is 26:18 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; neither
have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
Is 26:19 Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise.
Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and
the earth shall cast out the dead.
Is 26:20 Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about
thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be
overpast.
Is 26:21 For, behold, the Lord cometh 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.