AFV2020 - Isaiah - 26

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.