1 Yahweh Will Establish Peace In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah:“We have a strong city;He sets up walls and ramparts for salvation.
2 “Open the gates, that the righteous nation may enter,The one that keeps faithfulness.
3 “The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect peaceBecause he trusts in You.
4 “Trust in Yahweh forever,For in Yah—YahwehHimself—we havean everlasting Rock.
5 “For He has laid low those who settle on high, the 26:5Or unassailable exalted city;He brings it low, He brings it low to the ground, He casts it to the dust.
6 “The foot will trample it,The feet of the afflicted, the steps of the poor.”
7 ¶The way of the righteous is upright;O Upright One, make the path of the righteous level.
8 Indeed,while followingthe way of Your judgments, O Yahweh,We have hoped for You eagerly;Your name—the memory of You—is the desire ofoursouls.
9 At night 26:9Lit with my soul I long my soul longs for You,Indeed, 26:9Lit with my spirit...I seek my spirit within me seeks You earnestly;For when the earth 26:9Lit has experiences Your judgments,The inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
10 Thoughthe wicked is shown favor,He does not learn righteousness;He deals unjustly in the land of uprightness,And does not perceive the majesty of Yahweh.
11 ¶O Yahweh, Your hand is raised uphigh,yetthey do not behold it. 26:11Or Let them see...and be They beholdYourzeal for the people and are put to shame;Indeed, 26:11Or let the fire for Your adversaries devour them fire will devour Your adversaries.
12 Yahweh, You will establish peace for us,Since You have also performed for us all our works.
13 O Yahweh our God, other masters besides You have ruled us;Butthrough You alone we bring Your name to remembrance.
14 The dead will not live; the 26:14Or shades departed spirits will not rise;Therefore You have visited and destroyed them,And You have made all remembrance of them perish.
15 You have increased the nation, O Yahweh;You have increased the nation, You are glorified;You have extended all the borders of the land.
16 O Yahweh, they visited You in distress;They 26:16Lit sound forth a whisper could only whisper a prayer;Your chastening was upon them.
17 As the 26:17Or pregnant woman woman with child draws near tothe timeto give birth,She writhesandcries out in her pangs of labor,Thus were we before You, O Yahweh.
18 We were 26:18Or pregnant with child, we writhedin labor;We gave birth, as it seems,onlyto wind.We could not accomplish salvation for the earth,And the inhabitants of the world 26:18Lit had never fallen were not born.
19 Your dead will live; 26:19As in some ancient versions; Heb My Their corpses will rise.You who dwell in the dust, awake and shout for joy,For your dewis asthe dew of the 26:19Lit lights dawn,And the earth will 26:19Lit cause to fall give birth to the 26:19Or shades departed spirits.
20 ¶Come, my people, enter into your roomsAnd close your doors behind you;Hide for a little 26:20Lit moment whileUntil indignation passes by.
21 For behold, Yahweh is about to come out from His placeTo visit the iniquity of the inhabitants of the earth;And the earth will reveal her bloodshedAnd will no longer cover those of hers who were killed.