26:1 In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; God makes salvation its walls and ramparts.
26:2 Open the gates that the righteous nation may enter, the nation that keeps faith.
26:3 You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you.
26:4 Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD, the LORD, is the Rock eternal.
26:5 He humbles those who dwell on high, he lays the lofty city low; he levels it to the ground and casts it down to the dust.
26:6 Feet trample it down–the feet of the oppressed, the footsteps of the poor.
26:7 The path of the righteous is level; O upright One, you make the way of the righteous smooth.
26:8 Yes, LORD, walking in the way of your laws, we wait for you; your name and renown are the desire of our hearts.
26:9 My soul yearns for you in the night; in the morning my spirit longs for you. When your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.
26:10 Though grace is shown to the wicked, they do not learn righteousness; even in a land of uprightness they go on doing evil and regard not the majesty of the LORD.
26:11 O LORD, your hand is lifted high, but they do not see it. Let them see your zeal for your people and be put to shame; let the fire reserved for your enemies consume them.
26:12 LORD, you establish peace for us; all that we have accomplished you have done for us.
26:13 O LORD, our God, other lords besides you have ruled over us, but your name alone do we honor.
26:14 They are now dead, they live no more; those departed spirits do not rise. You punished them and brought them to ruin; you wiped out all memory of them.
26:15 You have enlarged the nation, O LORD; you have enlarged the nation. You have gained glory for yourself; you have extended all the borders of the land.
26:16 LORD, they came to you in their distress; when you disciplined them, they could barely whisper a prayer.
26:17 As a woman with child and about to give birth writhes and cries out in her pain, so were we in your presence, O LORD.
26:18 We were with child, we writhed in pain, but we gave birth to wind. We have not brought salvation to the earth; we have not given birth to people of the world.
26:19 But your dead will live; their bodies will rise. You who dwell in the dust, wake up and shout for joy. Your dew is like the dew of the morning; the earth will give birth to her dead.
26:20 Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut the doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while until his wrath has passed by.
26:21 See, the LORD is coming out of his dwelling to punish the people of the earth for their sins. The earth will disclose the blood shed upon her; she will conceal her slain no longer.
26:1 In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We hae a strong city; / He will set up salvation as walls and a rampart.
26:2 Open the gates / So that the righteous nation may enter, / They who maintain faithfulness.
26:3 You will keep the steadfast of mind / In perfect peace / Because he trusts in You.
26:4 Trust in Jehovah forever and ever, / For in Jah Jehovah we have an eternal rock.
26:5 For He has brought down those who dwell on high, / The lofty city; / He lays it low, He lays it low to the ground; / He casts it into the dust.
26:6 The foot will trample it, the foot of the poor, / The steps of the weak.
26:7 The path of the righteous is smoothness; / O You who are upright, You make the path of the righteous level.
26:8 Indeed in the path of Your judgments, / O Jehovah, we have waited for You. / Your name, that is, Your memorial, / Is the desire of our soul.
26:9 My soul desires You in the night; / Indeed my spirit within me seeks You at the dawn; / For when Your judgments are in the earth, / The inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
26:10 Though the wicked is shown grace, / He does not learn righteousness; / In the land of straightforwardness he deals unjustly / And does not perceive the majesty of Jehovah.
26:11 O Jehovah, Your hand is lifted up, / But they do not see it. / They will see Your zeal for the people and will be put to shame; / Indeed fire will devour Your adversaries.
26:12 O Jehovah, You will ordain peace for us, / For You have also performed all our works for us.
26:13 O Jehovah our God, other lords besides You have been master to us, / But through You alone do we mention Your name.
26:14 The dead will not live, / The deceased will not rise; / Therefore You have visited and destroyed them, / And You have caused all memory of them to perish.
26:15 You have increased the nation, O Jehovah; / You have increased the nation ? You are glorified; / You have far extended all the edges of the land.
26:16 O Jehovah, in distress they sought You; / They whispered out a prayer, for Your chastening was upon them.
26:17 As a pregnant woman draws near to giving birth, / She writhes and cries out in her pain; / So we have been before You, O Jehovah.
26:18 We were pregnant; we writhed; we gave birth, as it were, to wind. / We have not accomplished deliverance for the earth, / Nor have the inhabitants of the world been born.
26:19 Your dead will live; my corpses will rise. / Awake and give a ringing shout, you who dwell in dust, / For your dew is like the dew of the dawn, / And the earth will bring forth the deceased.
26:20 Come, my people, enter your rooms, / And shut your doors behind you; / Hide for a short moment / Until the indignation has passed;
26:21 For Jehovah is now coming forth from His place / To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; / And the earth will reveal her bloodshed / And will no longer conceal her slain.