Isaiah 26

1In that day they shall sing this song in the land of Judah: 'Behold, we have a strong city; He will make our salvation its surrounding wall.

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2Open the gates; let the people enter who keep righteousness and guard the truth,

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3and who lay hold of the truth and keep peace,

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4because they hope forever in You, O Lord, the great and eternal God,

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5who humbles and brings down those who dwell on high; the strong cities You will cast down; You will bring them down to the ground.

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6The feet of the gentle and the humble shall tread them underfoot.

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7The way of the godly is straight; and the way of the godly is prepared.

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8For the way of the Lord is judgment. We hope in Your name and in the remembrance of You,

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9which our soul desires at night. My spirit rises early in the morning to You, O God, for Your commands are a light upon the earth. Learn righteousness, you who dwell on the earth.

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10The ungodly man ceases; he will not learn righteousness on the earth; he will not do the truth; let the ungodly man be taken away, that he may not see the glory of the Lord.

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11O Lord, Your arm is exalted, but they did not know it. But when they know it, they shall be ashamed, for jealousy will seize an untaught people; and now fire will devour the adversaries.

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12O Lord our God, grant us peace, for You render everything to us.

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13O Lord our God, possess us; O Lord, we know no other besides You; we name Your name.

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14The dead will not see life; neither will physicians raise them. Therefore You brought evils upon them and destroyed them, and took away every male of theirs.

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15Bring more evils on them, O Lord, on the glorious of the earth.

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16O Lord, I remembered You in my hard circumstances. Your chastening to us was a small affliction.

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17As a woman with child is in pain and cries out in her pangs, when she draws near the time of her delivery, so we became Your beloved because of Your fear, O Lord.

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18We have been with child, we have been in pain, and we have given birth. We brought forth the spirit of Your salvation on the earth. But the inhabitants of the world shall fall.

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19The dead shall rise up; and those in the tombs shall arise. Those in the earth shall be glad, for your dew is a healing for them, but the land of the ungodly shall come to an end.'

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20Come, my people, enter your closets and shut your door; hide yourself for a very short while, until the anger of the Lord is past.

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21For behold, the Lord is bringing wrath from His holy place upon the inhabitants of the earth, and the earth will uncover its blood and will not cover its slain.

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