A Song of Salvation
1 In athat day this song will be sung in the land of Judah:
“We have a strong city;
bGod will appoint salvation for walls and bulwarks.
“We have a strong city;
bGod will appoint salvation for walls and bulwarks.
5 For He brings1 down those who dwell on high,
aThe lofty city;
He lays it low,
He lays it low to the ground,
He brings it down to the dust.
aThe lofty city;
He lays it low,
He lays it low to the ground,
He brings it down to the dust.
8 Yes, ain the way of Your judgments,
O Lord, we have bwaited for You;
The desire of our soul is for Your name
And for the remembrance of You.
O Lord, we have bwaited for You;
The desire of our soul is for Your name
And for the remembrance of You.
9 aWith my soul I have desired You in the night,
Yes, by my spirit within me I will seek You early;
For when Your judgments are in the earth,
The inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
Yes, by my spirit within me I will seek You early;
For when Your judgments are in the earth,
The inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
10 aLet grace be shown to the wicked,
Yet he will not learn righteousness;
In bthe land of uprightness he will deal unjustly,
And will not behold the majesty of the Lord.
Yet he will not learn righteousness;
In bthe land of uprightness he will deal unjustly,
And will not behold the majesty of the Lord.
11 Lord, when Your hand is lifted up, athey will not see.
But they will see and be ashamed
For1 their envy of people;
Yes, the fire of Your enemies shall devour them.
But they will see and be ashamed
For1 their envy of people;
Yes, the fire of Your enemies shall devour them.
13 O Lord our God, amasters besides You
Have had dominion over us;
But by You only we make mention of Your name.
Have had dominion over us;
But by You only we make mention of Your name.
14 They are dead, they will not live;
They are deceased, they will not rise.
Therefore You have punished and destroyed them,
And made all their memory to aperish.
They are deceased, they will not rise.
Therefore You have punished and destroyed them,
And made all their memory to aperish.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
No entry exists in Adam Clarke for Isaiah 26:1.
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