Isaiah 26 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

Song of Trust in God's Protection

Isa 26:1In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; salvation will he appoint for walls and bulwarks.

Isa 26:2

Isa 26:2Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth faith may enter in.

Isa 26:3

Isa 26:3Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee; because he trusteth in thee.

Isa 26:4

Isa 26:4Trust ye in Jehovah for ever; for in Jehovah, even Jehovah, is an everlasting rock.

Isa 26:5

Isa 26:5For he hath brought 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.

Isa 26:6

Isa 26:6The foot shall tread it down; even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.

Isa 26:7

Isa 26:7The way of the just is uprightness: thou that art upright dost direct the path of the just.

Isa 26:8

Isa 26:8Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Jehovah, have we waited for thee; to thy name, even to thy memorial name, is the desire of our soul.

Isa 26:9

Isa 26:9With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee earnestly: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

Isa 26:10

Isa 26:10Let favor be showed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness will he deal wrongfully, and will not behold the majesty of Jehovah.

Isa 26:11

Isa 26:11Jehovah, thy hand is lifted up, yet they see not: but they shall see thy zeal for the people, and be put to shame; yea, fire shall devour thine adversaries.

Isa 26:12

Isa 26:12Jehovah, thou wilt ordain peace for us; for thou hast also wrought all our works for us.

Isa 26:13

Isa 26:13O Jehovah our God, other lords besides thee have had dominion over us; but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.

Isa 26:14

Isa 26:14They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all remembrance of them to perish.

Isa 26:15

Isa 26:15Thou hast increased the nation, O Jehovah, thou hast increased the nation; thou art glorified; thou hast enlarged all the borders of the land.

Isa 26:16

Isa 26:16Jehovah, in trouble have they visited thee; they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.

Isa 26:17

Isa 26:17Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain and crieth out in her pangs; so we have been before thee, O Jehovah.

Isa 26:18

Isa 26:18We 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.

Isa 26:19

Isa 26:19Thy dead shall live; my dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust; for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast forth the dead.

Isa 26:20

Isa 26:20Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.

Isa 26:21

Isa 26:21For, behold, Jehovah cometh forth 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.

Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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Isaiah 26 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

Song of Trust in God's Protection

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