Isaiah 26

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
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.	1 On that day they will sing this song in the land of Judah: "A strong city have we; he sets up walls and ramparts to protect us.
2 Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.	2 Open up the gates to let in a nation that is just, one that keeps faith.
3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.	3 A nation of firm purpose you keep in peace; in peace, for its trust in you."
4 Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:	4 Trust in the LORD forever! For the LORD is an eternal Rock.
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.	5 He humbles those in high places, and the lofty city he brings down; He tumbles it to the ground, levels it with the dust.
6 The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.	6 It is trampled underfoot by the needy, by the footsteps of the poor.
7 The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.	7 The way of the just is smooth; the path of the just you make level.
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.	8 Yes, for your way and your judgments, O LORD, we look to you; Your name and your title are the desire of our souls.
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.	9 My soul yearns for you in the night, yes, my spirit within me keeps vigil for you; When your judgment dawns upon the earth, the world's inhabitants learn justice.
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.	10 The wicked man, spared, does not learn justice; in an upright land he acts perversely, and sees not 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.	11 O LORD, your hand is uplifted, but they behold it not; Let them be shamed when they see your zeal for your people: let the fire prepared for your enemies consume them.
12 LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us.	12 O LORD, you mete out peace to us, for it is you who have accomplished all we have done.
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.	13 O LORD, our God, other lords than you have ruled us; it is from you only that we can call upon your 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.	14 Dead they are, they have no life, shades that cannot rise; For you have punished and destroyed them, and wiped out all memory of them.
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.	15 You have increased the nation, O LORD, increased the nation to your own glory, and extended far all the borders of the land.
16 LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.	16 O LORD, oppressed by your punishment, we cried out in anguish under your chastising.
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.	17 As a woman about to give birth writhes and cries out in her pains, so were we in your presence, 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.	18 We conceived and writhed in pain, giving birth to wind; Salvation we have not achieved for the earth, the inhabitants of the world cannot bring it forth.
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.	19 But your dead shall live, their corpses shall rise; awake and sing, you who lie in the dust. For your dew is a dew of light, and the land of shades gives birth.
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.	20 Go, my people, enter your chambers, and close your doors behind you; Hide yourselves for a brief moment, until the wrath is past.
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.	21 See, the LORD goes forth from his place, to punish the wickedness of the earth's inhabitants; The earth will reveal the blood upon her, and no longer conceal her slain.