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<p class="indent2"> salvation is established as its walls and ramparts. <A name="3"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/26-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Open the gates so a righteous nation may enter—<p class="indent2"> one that remains faithful. <A name="4"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/26-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, <p class="indent2"> because he trusts in You. <A name="5"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/26-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Trust in the LORD forever, <p class="indent2"> because GOD the LORD is the Rock eternal. <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/26-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>For He has humbled those who dwell on high; <p class="indent2"> He lays the lofty city low. <p class="indent1"> He brings it down to the ground; <p class="indent2"> He casts it into the dust. <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/26-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Feet trample it down—<p class="indent2"> the feet of the oppressed, <p class="indent2"> the steps of the poor. <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/26-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The path of the righteous is level; <p class="indent2"> You clear a straight path for the upright. <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/26-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Yes, we wait for You, O LORD; <p class="indent2"> we walk in the path of Your judgments. <p class="indent1"> Your name and renown <p class="indent2"> are the desire of our souls. <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/26-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>My soul longs for You in the night; <p class="indent2"> indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> <p class="indent1"> For when Your judgments come upon the earth, <p class="indent2"> the people of the world learn righteousness. <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/26-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Though grace is shown to the wicked man, <p class="indent2"> he does not learn righteousness. <p class="indent1"> In the land of righteousness he acts unjustly <p class="indent2"> and fails to see the majesty of the LORD. <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/26-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>O LORD, Your hand is upraised, <p class="indent2"> but they do not see it. <p class="indent1"> They will see Your zeal for Your people <p class="indent2"> and be put to shame. <p class="indent1"> The fire set for Your enemies <p class="indent2"> will consume them! <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/26-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>O LORD, You will establish peace for us. <p class="indent2"> For all that we have accomplished, <p class="indent2"> You have done for us. <A name="14"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/26-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>O LORD our God, other lords besides You have ruled over us, <p class="indent2"> but Your name alone do we confess. <A name="15"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/26-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The dead will not live; <p class="indent2"> the departed spirits will not rise. <p class="indent1"> Therefore You have punished and destroyed them; <p class="indent2"> You have wiped out all memory of them. <A name="16"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/26-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>You have enlarged the nation, O LORD; <p class="indent2"> You have enlarged the nation. <p class="indent1"> You have gained glory for Yourself; <p class="indent2"> You have extended all the borders of the land. <A name="17"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/26-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>O LORD, they sought You in their distress; <p class="indent2"> when You disciplined them, they poured out a quiet prayer. <A name="18"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/26-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>As a woman with child about to give birth <p class="indent2"> writhes and cries out in pain, <p class="indent2"> so were we in Your presence, O LORD. <A name="19"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/26-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>We were with child; we writhed in pain; <p class="indent2"> but we gave birth to wind. <p class="indent1"> We have given no salvation to the earth, <p class="indent2"> nor brought any life into the world. <A name="20"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/26-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. <p class="indent2"> Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! <p class="indent1"> For your dew is like the dew of the morning, <p class="indent2"> and the earth will bring forth her dead. <A name="21"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/26-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Go, my people, enter your rooms <p class="indent2"> and shut your doors behind you. <p class="indent1"> Hide yourselves a little while <p class="indent2"> until the wrath has passed. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/26-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>For behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling <p class="indent2"> to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. <p class="indent1"> The earth will reveal her bloodshed <p class="indent2"> and will no longer conceal her slain.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">9</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Or <i>my spirit within me seeks You.</i><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Standard Bible (BSB)</a> printed 2016, 2020, 2022, 2025 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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