26:1 In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: "We have a strong city; he sets up salvation as walls and bulwarks.
26:1 On that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; he sets up victory like walls and bulwarks.

26:2 Open the gates, that the righteous nation which keeps faith may enter in.
26:2 Open the gates, so that the righteous nation that keeps faith may enter in.

26:3 Thou dost keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee, because he trusts in thee.
26:3 Those of steadfast mind you keep in peace--in peace because they trust in you.

26:4 Trust in the LORD for ever, for the LORD GOD is an everlasting rock.
26:4 Trust in the LORD forever, for in the LORD GOD you have an everlasting rock.

26:5 For he has brought low the inhabitants of the height, the lofty city. He lays it low, lays it low to the ground, casts it to the dust.
26:5 For he has brought low the inhabitants of the height; the lofty city he lays low. He lays it low to the ground, casts it to the dust.

26:6 The foot tramples it, the feet of the poor, the steps of the needy."
26:6 The foot tramples it, the feet of the poor, the steps of the needy.

26:7 The way of the righteous is level; thou dost make smooth the path of the righteous.
26:7 The way of the righteous is level; O Just One, you make smooth the path of the righteous.

26:8 In the path of thy judgments, O LORD, we wait for thee; thy memorial name is the desire of our soul.
26:8 In the path of your judgments, O LORD, we wait for you; your name and your renown are the soul's desire.

26:9 My soul yearns for thee in the night, my spirit within me earnestly seeks thee. For when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
26:9 My soul yearns for you in the night, my spirit within me earnestly seeks you. For when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

26:10 If favor is shown to the wicked, he does not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness he deals perversely and does not see the majesty of the LORD.
26:10 If favor is shown to the wicked, they do not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness they deal perversely and do not see the majesty of the LORD.

26:11 O LORD, thy hand is lifted up, but they see it not. Let them see thy zeal for thy people, and be ashamed. Let the fire for thy adversaries consume them.
26:11 O LORD, your hand is lifted up, but they do not see it. Let them see your zeal for your people, and be ashamed. Let the fire for your adversaries consume them.

26:12 O LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us, thou hast wrought for us all our works.
26:12 O LORD, you will ordain peace for us, for indeed, all that we have done, you have done for us.

26:13 O LORD our God, other lords besides thee have ruled over us, but thy name alone we acknowledge.
26:13 O LORD our God, other lords besides you have ruled over us, but we acknowledge your name alone.

26:14 They are dead, they will not live; they are shades, they will not arise; to that end thou hast visited them with destruction and wiped out all remembrance of them.
26:14 The dead do not live; shades do not rise--because you have punished and destroyed them, and wiped out all memory of them.

26:15 But thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the nation; thou art glorified; thou hast enlarged all the borders of the land.
26:15 But you have increased the nation, O LORD, you have increased the nation; you are glorified; you have enlarged all the borders of the land.

26:16 O LORD, in distress they sought thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.
26:16 O LORD, in distress they sought you, they poured out a prayer when your chastening was on them.

26:17 Like a woman with child, who writhes and cries out in her pangs, when she is near her time, so were we because of thee, O LORD;
26:17 Like a woman with child, who writhes and cries out in her pangs when she is near her time, so were we because of you, O LORD;

26:18 we were with child, we writhed, we have as it were brought forth wind. We have wrought no deliverance in the earth, and the inhabitants of the world have not fallen.
26:18 we were with child, we writhed, but we gave birth only to wind. We have won no victories on earth, and no one is born to inhabit the world.

26:19 Thy dead shall live, their bodies shall rise. O dwellers in the dust, awake and sing for joy! For thy dew is a dew of light, and on the land of the shades thou wilt let it fall.
26:19 Your dead shall live, their corpses shall rise. O dwellers in the dust, awake and sing for joy! For your dew is a radiant dew, and the earth will give birth to those long dead.

26:20 Come, my people, enter your chambers, and shut your doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while until the wrath is past.
26:20 Come, my people, enter your chambers, and shut your doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while until the wrath is past.

26:21 For behold, the LORD is coming forth out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity, and the earth will disclose the blood shed upon her, and will no more cover her slain.
26:21 For the LORD comes out from his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; the earth will disclose the blood shed on it, and will no longer cover its slain.