Isaiah 26

1 In that day this song shall be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city. He will appoint salvation for walls and bulwarks.

In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; God has made salvation its walls and ramparts.

2 Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keeps faith may enter in.

Open the gates, that the righteous nation that keeps faith may enter in.

3 Thou will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee, because he trusts in thee.

The mind that is stayed on you, you will keep him in perfect peace, for he trusts in you.

4 Trust ye in Jehovah forever, for in Jehovah, even Jehovah, is an everlasting rock.

Trust in Yahweh forever; for in Yah, Yahweh, is an everlasting rock.

5 For he has brought down those who 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.

For he will bring down those who live proudly; the fortified city he will lay low, he will lay low to the ground; he will level it to the dust.

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

It will be trampled down by the feet of the poor and the treading of the needy.

7 The way of the just is uprightness. Thou who are upright directs the path of the just.

The path of the righteous is level, Righteous One; the path of the righteous you make straight.

8 Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Jehovah, we have waited for thee, to thy name. Even to thy memorial, is the desire of our soul.

Yes, in the path of your judgments, Yahweh, we wait for you; your name and your reputation are our desire.

9 With my soul I have desired thee in the night. Yea, with my spirit within me I will seek thee earnestly. For when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

I have longed for you in the night; yes, my spirit within me seeks you earnestly. For when your judgments come on the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn about righteousness.

10 Let favor be shown to a wicked man, yet he will not learn righteousness. In the land of uprightness he will deal wrongfully, and will not behold the majesty of Jehovah.

Let favor be shown to the wicked one, but he will not learn righteousness. In the land of uprightness he acts wickedly and does not see the majesty of Yahweh.

11 Jehovah, thy hand is lifted up, yet they do not see. But they shall see thy zeal for the people, and be put to shame. Yea, fire shall devour thine adversaries.

Yahweh, your hand is lifted up, but they do not notice. But they will see your zeal for the people and be put to shame, because fire of your adversaries will devour them.

12 Jehovah, thou will ordain peace for us, for thou have also wrought all our works for us.

Yahweh, you will bring about peace for us; for indeed, you have also accomplished all our works for us.

13 O Jehovah our God, other lords besides thee have had dominion over us, but by thee only we will make mention of thy name.

Yahweh our God, other masters besides you have ruled over us; but we praise your name alone.

14 Being dead, they shall not live. Being deceased, they shall not rise. Therefore thou have visited and destroyed them, and made all remembrance of them to perish.

They are dead, they will not live; they are deceased, they will not arise. Indeed, you came in judgment and destroyed them, and made every memory of them to perish.

15 Thou have increased the nation, O Jehovah, thou have increased the nation. Thou are glorified. Thou have enlarged all the borders of the land.

You have increased the nation, Yahweh, you have increased the nation; you are honored; you have extended all the borders of the land.

16 Jehovah, in trouble they have visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.

Yahweh, in trouble have they looked to you; they whispered prayers when your discipline was on them.

17 As a woman with child, who draws near the time of her delivery, is in pain and cries out in her pangs, so we have been before thee, O Jehovah.

As a pregnant woman nears the time for her to give birth, when she is in pain and cries out in her labor pains, so we have been before you, Lord.

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, nor have the inhabitants of the world fallen.

We have been pregnant, we have been in labor, but it is as if we have only given birth to wind. We have not brought salvation to the earth, and the inhabitants of the world have not fallen.

19 Thy dead shall live. My dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, ye who dwell in the dust, for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast forth the dead.

Your dead will live; their dead bodies will arise. Awake and sing for joy, you who live in the dust; for your dew is the dew of light, and the earth will bring forth its dead.

20 Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors around thee. Hide thyself for a little moment until the indignation be passed over.

Go, my people, enter into your rooms and shut your doors behind you; hide for a little while, until the indignation has passed by.

21 For, behold, Jehovah comes forth 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.

For, look, Yahweh is about to come out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; the earth will uncover her bloodshed, and will no longer conceal her slain.