Isaías 26

A Song of Salvation

1 In *Is. 2:11; 12:1that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah:

"We have a strong city;

*Is. 60:18God will appoint salvation for walls and bulwarks.

2 *Ps. 118:19, 20Open the gates,

That the righteous nation which keeps the truth may enter in.

3 You will keep him in perfect *Is. 57:19; (Phil. 4:6, 7)peace,

Whose mind is stayed onYou,

Because he trusts in You.

4 Trust in the Lord forever,

*Is. 12:2; 45:17For in YAH, the Lord, is everlasting strength.

5 For He brings down those who dwell on high,

*Is. 25:11, 12The lofty city;

He lays it low,

He lays it low to the ground,

He brings it down to the dust.

6 The foot shall tread it down—

The feet of the poor

And the steps of the needy."

7 The way of the just is uprightness;

*Ps. 37:23O Most Upright,

You weigh the path of the just.

8 Yes, *Is. 64:5in the way of Your judgments,

O Lord, we have *Is. 25:9; 33:2waited for You;

The desire of our soul is for Your name

And for the remembrance of You.

9 *Ps. 63:6; Song 3:1; Is. 50:10; Luke 6:12With my soul I have desired You in the night,

Yes, by my spirit within me I will seek You early;

For when Your judgments are in the earth,

The inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

10 *Eccl. 8:12; (Rom. 2:4)Let grace be shown to the wicked,

Yet he will not learn righteousness;

In *Ps. 143:10the land of uprightness he will deal unjustly,

And will not behold the majesty of the Lord.

11 Lord, when Your hand is lifted up, *Job 34:27; Ps. 28:5; Is. 5:12they will not see.

But they will see and be ashamed

For their envy of people;

Yes, the fire of Your enemies shall devour them.

12 Lord, You will establish peace for us,

For You have also done all our works in us.

13 O Lord our God, *2 Chr. 12:8masters besides You

Have had dominion over us;

But by You only we make mention of Your name.

14 Theyare dead, they will not live;

Theyare deceased, they will not rise.

Therefore You have punished and destroyed them,

And made all their memory to *Eccl. 9:5; Is. 14:22perish.

15 You have increased the nation, O Lord,

You have *Is. 9:3increased the nation;

You are glorified;

You have expanded all the borders of the land.

16 Lord, *Is. 37:3; Hos. 5:15in trouble they have visited You,

They poured out a prayer when Your chastening was upon them.

17 As *Is. 13:8; (John 16:21)a woman with child

Is in pain and cries out in her pangs,

When she draws near the time of her delivery,

So have we been in Your 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 accomplished any deliverance in the earth,

Nor have *Ps. 17:14the inhabitants of the world fallen.

19 *Is. 25:8; (Ezek. 37:1–14)Your dead shall live;

Togetherwith my dead body they shall arise.

*(Dan. 12:2); Hos. 13:14Awake and sing, you who dwell in dust;

For your dew islike the dew of herbs,

And the earth shall cast out the dead.

Take Refuge from the Coming Judgment

20 Come, my people, *Ex. 12:22, 23; (Ps. 91:1, 4)enter your chambers,

And shut your doors behind you;

Hide yourself, as it were, *(Ps. 30:5; Is. 54:7, 8; 2 Cor. 4:17)for a little moment,

Until the indignation is past.

21 For behold, the Lord*Mic. 1:3; (Jude 14)comes out of His place

To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity;

The earth will also disclose her blood,

And will no more cover her slain.