Rotherham - Isaiah - 26

26:1  In that day, shall be sung this song, in the land of Judah,—A strong city, have we! Salvation, will he set for walls and rampart,

26:2  Open ye the gates,—That there may enter in—a righteous nation preserving fidelity.

26:3  A purpose sustained, thou wilt guard, [saying], Prosper! Prosper! Because in thee, hath he been led to trust.

26:4  Trust ye in Yahweh, unto futurity,—For, in Yah, Yahweh, is a rock of ages.

26:5  For he hath brought down the inhabitants of the height the city exalted,—He layeth it low, Layeth it low even to the ground, Levelleth it, even to the dust:

26:6  The foot trampleth it,—The feet of the lowly, The steps of the weak,

26:7  The path of a righteous man, is, even,—O Upright One! the track of a righteous man, thou makest level.

26:8  Surely in the path of thy regulations, O Yahweh, we waited for thee,—Unto thy Name and unto thy Memorial, was there a longing of soul:

26:9  With my soul, longed I for thee in the night, Yea with my spirit within me, I kept on searching for thee,—For, when thy regulations [extend] to the earth, The inhabitants of the world will have learned, righteousness.

26:10  Let favour be shewed to the lawless, he hath not learned righteousness, In a land of honest dealings, he acteth perversely,—And seeth not the splendour of Yahweh.

26:11  O Yahweh though thy hand be lifted up,—yet do they not see, Would they might see—and turn pale at a people’s zeal,—Surely, the fire of thine enemies, must consume them!

26:12  O Yahweh, thou wilt ensure prosperity for us,—For even all our works, hast thou wrought for us,

26:13  O Yahweh, our God! Lords other than thee, have owned us,—By thyself alone, will we call upon thy Name.

26:14  The dead, come not to life again, The shades, do not arise,—Therefore, thou hast visited and destroyed them, And caused to perish every memorial of them.

26:15  Thou hast increased the nation, O Yahweh, Thou hast increased the nation thou hast gotten thyself glory, Thou hast extended far, all the ends of the land.

26:16  O Yahweh! in distress, they sought thee,—They poured out a whispered prayer, when thy chastening was upon them.

26:17  Like as a woman with child—Draweth near to giving birth, Is in pain, Crieth out in her pangs So, were we before thee, O Yahweh;—

26:18  We were with child—We were in pain, As it were we brought forth wind,—Salvation, we could not accomplish for the earth, Neither were born the inhabitants of the world.

26:19  Thy dead, shall come to life again, My dead body, they shall arise,—Awake and shout for joy, ye that dwell in the dust For, a dew of light, is thy dew, And, earth, to the shades shall give birth.

26:20  Come my people, enter into thy chambers, And shut thy doors behind thee,—Hide thee as it were a little moment Till the indignation pass over.

26:21  For lo! Yahweh, is coming forth out of his place, To visit the iniquity of earth’s inhabitant upon him,—Therefore shall the earth unveil her shed-blood, And throw a covering, no longer over her slain.