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Isaiah 26
1 In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have
a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.
2 Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the
truth may enter in.
3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on
thee: because he trusteth in thee.
4 Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is
everlasting strength:
5 For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he
layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the
dust.
6 The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the
steps of the needy.
7 The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost
weigh the path of the just.
8 Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for
thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my
spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the
earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
10 Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn
righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not
behold the majesty of the LORD.
11 LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they
shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine
enemies shall devour them.
12 LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought
all our works in us.
13 O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over
us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.
14 They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they
shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all
their memory to perish.
15 Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the
nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the
earth.
16 LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a
prayer when thy chastening was upon them.
17 Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her
delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight,
O LORD.
18 We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it
were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth;
neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
19 Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they
arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of
herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
20 Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy
doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the
indignation be overpast.
21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the
inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her
blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
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