Isaiah 26

¹In that day sung is this song in the land of Judah: 'We have a strong city, Salvation He doth make walls and bulwark.

²Open ye the gates, that enter may a righteous nation, Preserving stedfastness.

³An imagination supported Thou fortifiest peace — peace! For in Thee it is confident.

⁴Trust ye in Jehovah for ever, For in Jah Jehovah [is] a rock of ages,

⁵For He bowed down the dwellers on high, A city set on high He maketh low, He maketh it low unto the earth, He causeth it to come unto the dust,

⁶Tread it down doth a foot, Feet of the poor — steps of the weak.

⁷The path for the righteous [is] uprightness, O upright One, The path of the righteous Thou dost ponder.

⁸Also, [in] the path of Thy judgments, O Jehovah, we have waited [for] Thee, To Thy name and to Thy remembrance [Is] the desire of the soul.

⁹[With] my soul I desired Thee in the night, Also, [with] my spirit within me I seek Thee earnestly, For when Thy judgments [are] on the earth, The inhabitants of the world have learned righteousness.

¹⁰The wicked findeth favour, He hath not learned righteousness, In a land of straightforwardness he dealeth perversely, And seeth not the excellency of Jehovah.

¹¹O Jehovah, high [is] Thy hand — they see not, They see the zeal of the people, and are ashamed, Also, the fire — Thine adversaries, consumeth them.

¹²O Jehovah, Thou appointest peace to us, For, all our works also Thou hast wrought for us.