Isaiah 26
1 In that day this song is sung in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city, He makes salvation [for] walls and bulwark.
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 the gates, That a righteous nation may enter, Preserving steadfastness.
Open the gates, that the righteous nation that keeps faith may enter in.
3 You keep [him] in peace [whose] imagination [is] stayed—peace! For he is confident in You.
The mind that is stayed on you, you will keep him in perfect peace, for he trusts in you.
4 Trust in YHWH forever, For in YAH—YHWH [is] a rock of ages,
Trust in Yahweh forever; for in Yah, Yahweh, is an everlasting rock.
5 For He bowed down the dwellers on high, A city set on high He makes low, He makes it low to the earth, He causes it to come 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 A foot treads it down, Feet of the poor—steps of the weak.
It will be trampled down by the feet of the poor and the treading of the needy.
7 The path for the righteous [is] uprightness, O upright One, You ponder the path of the righteous.
The path of the righteous is level, Righteous One; the path of the righteous you make straight.
8 Also, [in] the path of Your judgments, O YHWH, we have waited [for] You, To Your Name and to Your remembrance [Is] the desire of the soul.
Yes, in the path of your judgments, Yahweh, we wait for you; your name and your reputation are our desire.
9 I desired You in the night [with] my soul, Also, I seek You earnestly [with] my spirit within me, For when Your judgments [are] on the earth, The inhabitants of the world have learned 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 The wicked finds favor, He has not learned righteousness, He deals perversely in a land of straightforwardness, And does not see the excellence of YHWH.
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 O YHWH, Your hand [is] high—they do not see, They see the zeal of the people, and are ashamed, Also, the fire consumes Your 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 O YHWH, You appoint peace to us, For You have also worked 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 our God YHWH, lords have ruled us besides You, Only, by You we make mention of Your Name.
Yahweh our God, other masters besides you have ruled over us; but we praise your name alone.
14 Dead—they do not live, Rephaim, they do not rise, Therefore You have inspected and destroy them, Indeed, you destroy all their memory.
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 You have added to the nation, O YHWH, You have added to the nation, You have been honored, You have put all the ends of the earth far off.
You have increased the nation, Yahweh, you have increased the nation; you are honored; you have extended all the borders of the land.
16 O YHWH, in distress they missed You, They have poured out a whisper, Your discipline [is] on them.
Yahweh, in trouble have they looked to you; they whispered prayers when your discipline was on them.
17 When a pregnant woman comes near to the birth, She is pained—she cries in her pangs, So we have been from Your face, O YHWH.
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 conceived, we have been pained. We have brought forth, as it were, wind, We do not work salvation in the earth, Nor do the inhabitants of the world fall.
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 Your dead live—My dead body, they rise. Awake and sing, you dwellers in the dust, For the dew of herbs [is] your dew, And you cause the land of Rephaim to fall.
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 into your inner chambers, And shut your doors behind you, Hide yourself shortly [for] a moment until the indignation passes 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, YHWH is coming out of His place, To charge the iniquity of the inhabitant of the earth on him, And the earth has revealed her blood, Nor does she cover her slain anymore!”
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.
