Isaiah 26 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

Song of Trust in God's Protection

Isa 26:1In that day sung is this song in the land of Judah: 'We have a strong city, Salvation He doth make walls and bulwark.

Isa 26:2

Isa 26:2Open ye the gates, that enter may a righteous nation, Preserving stedfastness.

Isa 26:3

Isa 26:3An imagination supported Thou fortifiest peace -- peace! For in Thee it is confident.

Isa 26:4

Isa 26:4Trust ye in Jehovah for ever, For in Jah Jehovah is a rock of ages,

Isa 26:5

Isa 26:5For He bowed down the dwellers on high, A city set on high He maketh low, He maketh it low unto the earth, He causeth it to come unto the dust,

Isa 26:6

Isa 26:6Tread it down doth a foot, Feet of the poor -- steps of the weak.

Isa 26:7

Isa 26:7The path for the righteous is uprightness, O upright One, The path of the righteous Thou dost ponder.

Isa 26:8

Isa 26:8Also, in the path of Thy judgments, O Jehovah, we have waited for Thee, To Thy name and to Thy remembrance Is the desire of the soul.

Isa 26:9

Isa 26:9With my soul I desired Thee in the night, Also, with my spirit within me I seek Thee earnestly, For when Thy judgments are on the earth, The inhabitants of the world have learned righteousness.

Isa 26:10

Isa 26:10The wicked findeth favour, He hath not learned righteousness, In a land of straightforwardness he dealeth perversely, And seeth not the excellency of Jehovah.

Isa 26:11

Isa 26:11O Jehovah, high is Thy hand -- they see not, They see the zeal of the people, and are ashamed, Also, the fire -- Thine adversaries, consumeth them.

Isa 26:12

Isa 26:12O Jehovah, Thou appointest peace to us, For, all our works also Thou hast wrought for us.

Isa 26:13

Isa 26:13O Jehovah our God, lords have ruled us besides Thee, Only, by Thee we make mention of Thy name.

Isa 26:14

Isa 26:14Dead -- they live not, Rephaim, they rise not, Therefore Thou hast inspected and dost destroy them, Yea, thou destroyest all their memory.

Isa 26:15

Isa 26:15Thou hast added to the nation, O Jehovah, Thou hast added to the nation, Thou hast been honoured, Thou hast put far off all the ends of earth.

Isa 26:16

Isa 26:16O Jehovah, in distress they missed Thee, They have poured out a whisper, Thy chastisement is on them.

Isa 26:17

Isa 26:17When a pregnant woman cometh near to the birth, She is pained -- she crieth in her pangs, So we have been from Thy face, O Jehovah.

Isa 26:18

Isa 26:18We have conceived, we have been pained. We have brought forth as it were wind, Salvation we do not work in the earth, Nor do the inhabitants of the world fall.

Isa 26:19

Isa 26:19'Thy dead live -- My dead body they rise. Awake and sing, ye dwellers in the dust, For the dew of herbs is thy dew, And the land of Rephaim thou causest to fall.

Isa 26:20

Isa 26:20Come, My people, enter into thy inner chambers, And shut thy doors behind thee, Hide thyself shortly a moment till the indignation pass over.

Isa 26:21

Isa 26:21For, lo, Jehovah is coming out of His place, To charge the iniquity of the inhabitant of the earth upon him, And revealed hath the earth her blood, Nor doth she cover any more her slain!'

The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.

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Isaiah 26 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

Song of Trust in God's Protection

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