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Isaiah 26 :: New Living Translation (NLT)

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A Song of Praise to the LORD
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:1 - In that day, everyone in the land of Judah will sing this song:
Our city is strong!
We are surrounded by the walls of God’s salvation.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:2 - Open the gates to all who are righteous;
allow the faithful to enter.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:3 - You will keep in perfect peace
all who trust in you,
all whose thoughts are fixed on you!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:4 - Trust in the LORD always,
for the LORD GOD is the eternal Rock.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:5 - He humbles the proud
and brings down the arrogant city.
He brings it down to the dust.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:6 - The poor and oppressed trample it underfoot,
and the needy walk all over it.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:7 - But for those who are righteous,
the way is not steep and rough.
You are a God who does what is right,
and you smooth out the path ahead of them.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:8 - LORD, we show our trust in you by obeying your laws;
our heart’s desire is to glorify your name.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:9 - All night long I search for you;
in the morning I earnestly seek for God.
For only when you come to judge the earth
will people learn what is right.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:10 - Your kindness to the wicked
does not make them do good.
Although others do right, the wicked keep doing wrong
and take no notice of the LORD’s majesty.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:11 - O LORD, they pay no attention to your upraised fist.
Show them your eagerness to defend your people.
Then they will be ashamed.
Let your fire consume your enemies.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:12 - LORD, you will grant us peace;
all we have accomplished is really from you.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:13 - O LORD our God, others have ruled us,
but you alone are the one we worship.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:14 - Those we served before are dead and gone.
Their departed spirits will never return!
You attacked them and destroyed them,
and they are long forgotten.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:15 - O LORD, you have made our nation great;
yes, you have made us great.
You have extended our borders,
and we give you the glory!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:16 - LORD, in distress we searched for you.
We prayed beneath the burden of your discipline.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:17 - Just as a pregnant woman
writhes and cries out in pain as she gives birth,
so were we in your presence, LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:18 - We, too, writhe in agony,
but nothing comes of our suffering.
We have not given salvation to the earth,
nor brought life into the world.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:19 - But those who die in the LORD will live;
their bodies will rise again!
Those who sleep in the earth
will rise up and sing for joy!
For your life-giving light will fall like dew
on your people in the place of the dead!
Restoration for Israel
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:20 - Go home, my people,
and lock your doors!
Hide yourselves for a little while
until the LORD’s anger has passed.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:21 - Look! The LORD is coming from heaven
to punish the people of the earth for their sins.
The earth will no longer hide those who have been killed.
They will be brought out for all to see.
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