Isaiah 26
1 in/on/with day [the] he/she/it to sing [the] song [the] this in/on/with land: country/planet Judah city strong to/for us salvation to set: make wall and rampart
At that time, this will be the song that is sung in the land of Judah: “Ours is a strong city! Its walls and defenses are our salvation!
2 to open gate and to come (in): come nation righteous to keep: obey faithful
Open the gates so the nation who follows the right can come in, the nation that stays faithful.
3 intention to support to watch peace peace for in/on/with you to trust
You will keep in complete peace those who keep their minds focused on you, because they trust in you.
4 to trust in/on/with LORD till perpetuity for in/on/with LORD LORD rock forever: enduring
Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is the eternal Rock.
5 for to bow to dwell height town to exalt to abase her to abase her till land: soil to touch her till dust
He brings down those who live so high and mighty; he demolishes the proud city with its high walls, bringing it down to the ground, into the dust.
6 to trample her foot foot afflicted beat poor
The poor tread it underfoot; the oppressed walk on top of it.
7 way to/for righteous uprightness upright track righteous to envy
You God, do what is right, and you straighten out the way for those who live right; you smooth out their path.
8 also way justice: judgement your LORD to await you to/for name your and to/for memorial your desire soul
Yes, we follow your instructions, Lord, we put our hope in you. What we most want is to remember you and your wonderful character.
9 soul my to desire you in/on/with night also spirit my in/on/with entrails: among my to seek you for like/as as which justice: judgement your to/for land: country/planet righteousness to learn: learn to dwell world
I look for you in the night; deep inside me I long for you. When your laws are shown to the earth, then the people of the world learn what is right.
10 be gracious wicked not to learn: learn righteousness in/on/with land: country/planet upright to act unjustly and not to see: see majesty LORD
Though grace is shown to the wicked, they don't learn to do right. Even in a country where people do what's right, they continue to do evil and they don't think about how great the Lord is.
11 LORD to exalt hand: power your not to see [emph?] to see and be ashamed jealousy people also fire enemy your to eat them
Lord, you are holding your hand up, but they don't see it. Let them see your passionate commitment for your people, and be embarrassed; may the fire reserved for your enemies destroy them!
12 LORD to set peace to/for us for also all deed our to work to/for us
Lord, you give us peace and prosperity; everything we've achieved you have done for us.
13 LORD God our rule: to rule us lord exception you to/for alone in/on/with you to remember name your
Lord our God, there have been other lords besides you who have ruled us, but you are the only one we worship.
14 to die not to live shade not to arise: rise to/for so to reckon: visit and to destroy them and to perish all memorial to/for them
They are dead, they will not live again; they will not rise from the grave. Lord, you punished them and destroyed them—even wiping out every memory about them.
15 to add to/for nation LORD to add to/for nation to honor: honour to remove all boundary land: country/planet
You have made the nation grow, Lord, you have made the nation grow. You have expanded our borders of the land, and we honored you.
16 LORD in/on/with distress to reckon: visit you to pour [emph?] charm discipline your to/for them
Lord, when we were suffering we came to you, pouring out our prayers like whispers as you disciplined us.
17 like pregnant to present: come to/for to beget to twist: writh in pain to cry out in/on/with pain her so to be from face: because your LORD
Just as a pregnant woman giving birth tosses about and cries out in pain, that's what we were like in your presence, Lord.
18 to conceive to twist: writh in pain like to beget spirit: breath salvation not to make: do land: country/planet and not to fall: fall to dwell world
However, even though we became pregnant and we tossed about in pain, we gave birth to nothing but air. We did not bring about the salvation of the earth, and the people of the world have not become alive.
19 to live to die your carcass my to arise: rise [emph?] to awake and to sing to dwell dust for dew light dew your and land: country/planet shade to fall: deserting
But those who died in you, Lord, will live! Their bodies will rise again! Wake up, and sing for joy, you people sleeping in the dust, for the dew you receive is like the dew of the morning giving life to those in the grave.
20 to go: come! people my to come (in): come in/on/with chamber your and to shut (door your *QK) about/through/for you to hide like/as little moment till (to pass *Qk) indignation
My people, go inside your homes and close your doors behind you. Hide there for a little while until the fury has passed.
21 for behold LORD to come out: come from place his to/for to reckon: punish iniquity: crime to dwell [the] land: country/planet upon him and to reveal: reveal [the] land: country/planet [obj] blood her and not to cover still upon to kill her
Watch out! The Lord is coming from where he lives to punish the people of the earth for their sins. The earth will reveal the blood that has been shed on it; the earth won't hide those who have been killed any no longer.”
