26:1 In that day this song shall be sung in the land of Judah: "We have a strong city; He sets up salvation as our walls and banks. |
26:2 Open the gates, so that the righteous nation shall enter in, one that is faithfully keeping truth. |
26:3 You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You; because he trusts in You. |
26:4 Trust in the LORD forever; for God the LORD is the everlasting Rock, |
26:5 For He brings down those who dwell on high; He lays low the lofty city; He lays it low, even to the ground; He brings it even to the dust. |
26:6 The foot shall trample it, even the feet of the poor and the steps of the needy." |
26:7 The way of the just is uprightness; O Upright One, You make the path of the righteous level. |
26:8 Yea, in the way of Your judgments, O LORD, we have waited for You; for Your name and for Your remembrance is the desire of our soul. |
26:9 With my soul I desired You in the night; yea, with my spirit within me I will seek You earnestly; for when Your judgments are in the earth, the people of the world will learn righteousness. |
26:10 Though favor is shown to the wicked, he will not learn righteousness; even in the land of uprightness he will deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD. |
26:11 LORD, Your hand is lifted up, but they will not see; let them see the zeal you have for your people and be put to shame. Yea, the fire shall devour Your enemies. |
26:12 LORD, You will ordain peace for us; for You also have accomplished all our works in us. |
26:13 O LORD our God, other lords besides You have had the rule over us; but by You only will we make mention of Your name. |
26:14 The dead, they shall not live; the deceased shall not rise. Therefore You have punished and destroyed them, and made all memory of them to perish. |
26:15 You have increased the nation, O LORD, You have increased the nation; You are glorified; You have extended all the borders of the land. |
26:16 LORD, in their trouble they have sought You; they poured out a prayer; Your chastening was upon them. |
26:17 As a woman with child draws near to bear, she is in pain and cries out in her pangs; so have we been in Your sight, O LORD. |
26:18 We conceived; we have been in pain, we gave birth to wind. We have not brought about any salvation in the earth; nor have the people of the world come to life. |
26:19 Your dead ones shall live, together with my dead body they shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust; for your dew is as the dew of lights, and the earth shall cast out the dead. |
26:20 Come, my people, enter into your rooms and shut your doors around you; hide for a little moment, until the fury has passed by, |
26:21 For behold, the LORD comes out of His place to punish the people of the earth for their iniquity; the earth also shall reveal her blood, and shall no more cover her dead. |