| |
Chapter 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. |
2
|
Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which
keepeth the truth may enter in. |
3
|
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is
stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. |
4
|
Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH
is everlasting strength: |
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. |
6
|
The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the
poor, and the steps of the needy. |
7
|
The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright,
dost weigh the path of the just. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
12
|
LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also
hast wrought all our works in us. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
16
|
LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured
out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
