Isaiæ 26
1 In die illa cantabitur canticum istud in terra Iuda: Urbs fortitudinis nostræ Sion salvator, ponetur in ea murus et antemurale.
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.
2 Aperite portas, et ingrediatur gens iusta, custodiens veritatem.
Open you the gates, that the righteous nation which keeps the truth may enter in.
3 Vetus error abiit: servabis pacem: pacem, quia in te speravimus.
You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on you: because he trusts in you.
4 Sperastis in Domino in sæculis æternis, in Domino Deo forti in perpetuum.
Trust you in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:
5 Quia incurvabit habitantes in excelso, civitatem sublimem humiliabit. Humiliabit eam usque ad terram, detrahet eam usque ad pulverem.
For he brings down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he lays it low; he lays it low, even to the ground; he brings it even to the dust.
6 Conculcabit eam pes, pedes pauperis, gressus egenorum.
The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.
7 Semita iusti recta est, rectus callis iusti ad ambulandum.
The way of the just is uprightness: you, most upright, do weigh the path of the just.
8 Et in semita iudiciorum tuorum Domine sustinuimus te: nomen tuum, et memoriale tuum in desiderio animæ.
Yes, in the way of your judgments, O LORD, have we waited for you; the desire of our soul is to your name, and to the remembrance of you.
9 Anima mea desideravit te in nocte: sed et spiritu meo in præcordiis meis de mane vigilabo ad te. Cum feceris iudicia tua in terra, iustitiam discent habitatores orbis.
With my soul have I desired you in the night; yes, with my spirit within me will I seek you early: for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
10 Misereamur impio, et non discet iustitiam: in terra sanctorum iniqua gessit, et non videbit gloriam Domini.
Let favor be showed 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.
11 Domine exaltetur manus tua, et non videant: videant, et confundantur zelantes populi: et ignis hostes tuos devoret.
LORD, when your hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yes, the fire of your enemies shall devour them.
12 Domine dabis pacem nobis: omnia enim opera nostra operatus es nobis.
LORD, you will ordain peace for us: for you also have worked all our works in us.
13 Domine Deus noster, possederunt nos domini absque te, tantum in te recordemur nominis tui.
O LORD our God, other lords beside you have had dominion over us: but by you only will we make mention of your name.
14 Morientes non vivant, gigantes non resurgant: propterea visitasti et contrivisti eos, et perdidisti omnem memoriam eorum.
They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore have you visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.
15 Indulsisti genti Domine, indulsisti genti: numquid glorificatus es? Elongasti omnes terminos terræ.
You have increased the nation, O LORD, you have increased the nation: you are glorified: you had removed it far to all the ends of the earth.
16 Domine in angustia requisierunt te, in tribulatione murmuris doctrina tua eis.
LORD, in trouble have they visited you, they poured out a prayer when your chastening was on them.
17 Sicut quæ concipit, cum appropinquaverit ad partum, dolens clamat in doloribus suis: sic facti sumus a facie tua Domine.
Like as a woman with child, that draws near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and cries out in her pangs; so have we been in your sight, O LORD.
18 Concepimus, et quasi parturivimus, et peperimus spiritum: salutes non fecimus in terra, ideo non ceciderunt habitatores terræ.
We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not worked any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
19 Vivent mortui tui, interfecti mei resurgent: expergiscimini, et laudate qui habitatis in pulvere: quia ros lucis ros tuus, et terram gigantum detrahes in ruinam.
Your dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, you that dwell in dust: for your dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
20 Vade populus meus, intra in cubicula tua, claude ostia tua super te, abscondere modicum ad momentum, donec pertranseat indignatio.
Come, my people, enter you into your chambers, and shut your doors about you: hide yourself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be over.
21 Ecce enim Dominus egredietur de loco suo, ut visitet iniquitatem habitatoris terræ contra eum: et revelabit terra sanguinem suum, et non operiet ultra interfectos suos.
For, behold, the LORD comes 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.
