“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.”
(Isaiah 26:1-21 AV)