Isaiah 26

1 In that day, shall be sung this song, in the land of Judah, —A strong city, have we! Salvation, will he set for walls and rampart,

In that day, this song will be sung in the land of Judah: "We have a strong city. He appoints salvation for walls and ramparts.

2 Open ye the gates, —That there may enter in—a righteous nation preserving fidelity.

Open the gates, that the righteous nation may enter: the one which keeps faith.

3 A purpose sustained, thou wilt guard, [saying], Prosper! Prosper! Because in thee, hath he been led to trust.

You will keep him in peace, in peace whose thoughts are fixed on you, because he trusts in you.

4 Trust ye in Yahweh, unto futurity, —For, in Yah, Yahweh, is a rock of ages.

Trust in the LORD forever; for in YAH, the LORD, is an everlasting Rock.

5 For he hath brought down the inhabitants of the height the city exalted, —He layeth it low, Layeth it low even to the ground, Levelleth it, even to the dust:

For he has brought down those who dwell on high, the lofty city. He lays it low to the ground. He casts it to the dust.

6 The foot trampleth it, —The feet of the lowly, The steps of the weak,

The feet of the poor tramples it down, the footsteps of the needy."

7 The path of a righteous man, is, even, —O Upright One! the track of a righteous man, thou makest level.

The way of the righteous is level. O Just One, you make the path of the righteous smooth.

8 Surely in the path of thy regulations, O Yahweh, we waited for thee, —Unto thy Name and unto thy Memorial, was there a longing of soul:

Yes, in the path of your judgments, O LORD, have we waited for you. Your name and your renown are the desire of our soul.

9 With my soul, longed I for thee in the night, Yea with my spirit within me, I kept on searching for thee, —For, when thy regulations [extend] to the earth, The inhabitants of the world will have learned, righteousness.

With my soul have I desired you in the night. Yes, my spirit within me will seek you early, for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

10 Let favour be shewed to the lawless, he hath not learned righteousness, In a land of honest dealings, he acteth perversely, —And seeth not the splendour of Yahweh.

Let favor be shown to the wicked, yet he will not learn righteousness. In the land of uprightness he will deal wrongfully, and will not see the LORD's majesty.

11 O Yahweh though thy hand be lifted up, —yet do they not see, Would they might see—and turn pale at a people’s zeal, —Surely, the fire of thine enemies, must consume them!

LORD, your hand is lifted up, yet they do not see; they see the zeal of the people, and are ashamed. Yes, fire will consume your adversaries.

12 O Yahweh, thou wilt ensure prosperity for us, —For even all our works, hast thou wrought for us,

LORD, you will ordain peace for us, for you have also worked all our works for us.

13 O Yahweh, our God! Lords other than thee, have owned us, —By thyself alone, will we call upon thy Name.

LORD our God, other lords besides you have had dominion over us, but by you only will we make mention of your name.

14 The dead, come not to life again, The shades, do not arise, —Therefore, thou hast visited and destroyed them, And caused to perish every memorial of them.

The dead shall not live, and the departed spirits shall not rise. Therefore have you visited and destroyed them, and caused all memory of them to perish.

15 Thou hast increased the nation, O Yahweh, Thou hast increased the nation thou hast gotten thyself glory, Thou hast extended far, all the ends of the land.

You have increased the nation, O LORD. You have increased the nation. You are glorified. You have enlarged all the borders of the land.

16 O Yahweh! in distress, they sought thee, —They poured out a whispered prayer, when thy chastening was upon them.

LORD, in trouble they sought you. They poured out a prayer when your chastening was on them.

17 Like as a woman with child—Draweth near to giving birth, Is in pain, Crieth out in her pangs So, were we before thee, O Yahweh; —

Like 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 you, LORD.

18 We were with child—We were in pain, As it were we brought forth wind, —Salvation, we could not accomplish for the earth, Neither were born the inhabitants of the world.

We have been with child. We have been in pain. We gave birth, it seems, only to wind. We have not worked any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.

19 Thy dead, shall come to life again, My dead body, they shall arise, —Awake and shout for joy, ye that dwell in the dust For, a dew of light, is thy dew, And, earth, to the shades shall give birth.

Your dead shall live; my dead bodies shall rise. Awake and shout for joy, you who dwell in the dust; for your dew is like the dew of the dawn, and the earth shall bring forth the departed spirits.

20 Come my people, enter into thy chambers, And shut thy doors behind thee, —Hide thee as it were a little moment Till the indignation pass over.

Come, my people, enter into your chambers, and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourself for a little moment, until the indignation is past.

21 For lo! Yahweh, is coming forth out of his place, To visit the iniquity of earth’s inhabitant upon him, —Therefore shall the earth unveil her shed-blood, And throw a covering, no longer over her slain.

For, look, the LORD comes forth out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth also will disclose her blood, and will no longer cover her slain.