Isaiah 26

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

²Open ye the gates, and the righteous nation which keepeth faithfulness shall enter in.

³Thou wilt keep in perfect peace the mind stayed [on thee], for he confideth in thee.

⁴Confide ye in Jehovah for ever; for in Jah, Jehovah, is the rock of ages.

⁵For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low, he layeth it low to the ground, he bringeth it even to the dust.

⁶The foot shall tread it down, — the feet of the afflicted, the steps of the poor.

⁷The way of the just is uprightness: thou, the Upright, dost make the path of the just even.

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

⁹With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

¹⁰If favour be shewn to the wicked, he doth not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness he dealeth unjustly, and beholdeth not the majesty of Jehovah.

¹¹Jehovah, thy hand is lifted up, but they do not see: [yet] they shall see [thy] jealousy [for] the people, and be ashamed; yea, the fire which is for thine adversaries shall devour them.

¹²Jehovah, thou wilt ordain peace for us; for thou also hast wrought all our works for us.