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 this song is sung in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city, He makes salvation [for] walls and bulwark.
2 Aperite portas, et ingrediatur gens iusta, custodiens veritatem.
Open the gates, That a righteous nation may enter, Preserving steadfastness.
3 Vetus error abiit: servabis pacem: pacem, quia in te speravimus.
You keep [him] in peace [whose] imagination [is] stayed—peace! For he is confident in You.
4 Sperastis in Domino in sæculis æternis, in Domino Deo forti in perpetuum.
Trust in YHWH forever, For in YAH—YHWH [is] a rock of ages,
5 Quia incurvabit habitantes in excelso, civitatem sublimem humiliabit. Humiliabit eam usque ad terram, detrahet eam usque ad pulverem.
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,
6 Conculcabit eam pes, pedes pauperis, gressus egenorum.
A foot treads it down, Feet of the poor—steps of the weak.
7 Semita iusti recta est, rectus callis iusti ad ambulandum.
The path for the righteous [is] uprightness, O upright One, You ponder the path of the righteous.
8 Et in semita iudiciorum tuorum Domine sustinuimus te: nomen tuum, et memoriale tuum in desiderio animæ.
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.
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.
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.
10 Misereamur impio, et non discet iustitiam: in terra sanctorum iniqua gessit, et non videbit gloriam Domini.
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.
11 Domine exaltetur manus tua, et non videant: videant, et confundantur zelantes populi: et ignis hostes tuos devoret.
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.
12 Domine dabis pacem nobis: omnia enim opera nostra operatus es nobis.
O YHWH, You appoint peace to us, For You have also worked all our works for us.
13 Domine Deus noster, possederunt nos domini absque te, tantum in te recordemur nominis tui.
O our God YHWH, lords have ruled us besides You, Only, by You we make mention of Your Name.
14 Morientes non vivant, gigantes non resurgant: propterea visitasti et contrivisti eos, et perdidisti omnem memoriam eorum.
Dead—they do not live, Rephaim, they do not rise, Therefore You have inspected and destroy them, Indeed, you destroy all their memory.
15 Indulsisti genti Domine, indulsisti genti: numquid glorificatus es? Elongasti omnes terminos terræ.
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.
16 Domine in angustia requisierunt te, in tribulatione murmuris doctrina tua eis.
O YHWH, in distress they missed You, They have poured out a whisper, Your discipline [is] on them.
17 Sicut quæ concipit, cum appropinquaverit ad partum, dolens clamat in doloribus suis: sic facti sumus a facie tua Domine.
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.
18 Concepimus, et quasi parturivimus, et peperimus spiritum: salutes non fecimus in terra, ideo non ceciderunt habitatores terræ.
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.
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 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.
20 Vade populus meus, intra in cubicula tua, claude ostia tua super te, abscondere modicum ad momentum, donec pertranseat indignatio.
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.
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, 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!”
