26:1 In that day they shall sing this song
in the land of Judea; Behold a strong city; and he shall make salvation
[its] wall and bulwark.
26:2 Open ye the gates, let the nation enter that keeps righteousness, and
keeps truth,
26:3 supporting truth, and keeping peace: for on thee, O Lord,
26:4 they have trusted with confidence for ever, the great, the eternal God;
26:5 who hast humbled and brought down them that dwell on high thou shalt
cast down strong cities, and bring them to the ground.
26:6 And the feet of the meek and lowly shall trample them.
26:7 The way of the godly is made straight: the way of the godly is also
prepared.
26:8 For the way of the Lord is judgement: we have hoped in thy name, and on
the remembrance [of thee],
26:9 which our soul longs for: my spirit seeks thee very early in the
morning, O God, for thy commandments are a light on the earth: learn
righteousness, ye that dwell upon the earth.
26:10 For the ungodly one is put down: no one who will not learn
righteousness on the earth, shall be able to do the truth: let the ungodly
be taken away, that he see not the glory of the Lord.
26:11 O Lord, thine arm is exalted, yet they knew it not: but when they know
they shall be ashamed: jealously shall seize upon an untaught nation, and
now fire shall devour the adversaries.
26:12 O Lord our God, give us peace: for thou hast rendered to us all
things.
26:13 O Lord our God, take possession of us: O Lord, we know not [any] other
beside thee: we name thy name.
26:14 But he dead shall not see life, neither shall physicians by any means
raise [them] up: therefore thou hast brought [wrath] upon [them], and slain
[them], and hast taken away every male of them. Bring more evils upon them,
O Lord;
26:15 bring more evils on the glorious ones of the earth.
26:16 Lord, in affliction I remembered thee; thy chastening was to us with
small affliction.
26:17 And as a woman in travail draws nigh to be delivered, [and] cries out
in her pain; so have we been to thy beloved.
26:18 We have conceived, O Lord, because of thy fear, and have been in pain,
and have brought forth the breath of thy salvation, which we have wrought
upon the earth: we shall not fall, but all that dwell upon the land shall
fall.
26:19 The dead shall rise, and they that are in the tombs shall be raised,
and they that are in the earth shall rejoice: for the dew from thee is
healing to them: but the land of the ungodly shall perish.
26:20 Go, my people, enter into thy closets, shut thy door, hide thyself for
a little season, until the anger of the Lord have passed away.
26:21 For, behold, the Lord is bringing wrath from [his] holy place upon the
dwellers on the earth: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall
not cover her slain. |
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.
26:2 Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth
may enter in.
26:3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee:
because he trusteth in thee.
26:4 Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting
strength:
26:5 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.
26:6 The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps
of the needy.
26:7 The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the
path of the just.
26:8 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.
26:9 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.
26:10 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.
26:11 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.
26:12 LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all
our works in us.
26:13 O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but
by thee only will we make mention of thy name.
26:14 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.
26:15 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.
26:16 LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when
thy chastening was upon them.
26:17 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.
26:18 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.
26:19 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.
26:20 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.
26:21 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. |
