| The Holy Bible: King James Version. 2000. |
The Book of the Prophet |
| Isaiah | | 26 |
A Song of Trust in the LORD's Protection |
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In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah;
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We have a strong city; |
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salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks. |
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Open ye the gates,
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that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in. |
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Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace,
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whose mind is stayed on thee: |
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because he trusteth in thee. |
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Trust ye in the LORD for ever:
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for in the LORD JEHOVAH |
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is everlasting strength. |
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For he bringeth down them that dwell on high;
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the lofty city, he layeth it low; |
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he layeth it low, even to the ground; |
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he bringeth it even to the dust. |
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The foot shall tread it down,
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even the feet of the poor, |
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and the steps of the needy. |
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The way of the just is uprightness:
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thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just. |
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Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD,
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have we waited for thee; |
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the desire of our soul is to thy name, |
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and to the remembrance of thee. |
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With my soul have I desired thee in the night;
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yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: |
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for when thy judgments are in the earth, |
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the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness. |
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Let favor be showed to the wicked,
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yet will he not learn righteousness: |
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in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, |
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and will not behold the majesty of the LORD. |
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LORD, when thy hand is lifted up,
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they will not see: |
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but they shall see, and be ashamed |
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for their envy at the people; |
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yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them. Heb. 10.27 |
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LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us:
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for thou also hast wrought all our works in us. |
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O LORD our God,
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other lords besides thee have had dominion over us; |
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but by thee only will we make mention of thy name. |
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They are dead, they shall not live;
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they are deceased, they shall not rise: |
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therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, |
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and made all their memory to perish. |
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Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD,
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thou hast increased the nation; |
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thou art glorified: |
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thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth. |
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LORD, in trouble have they visited thee;
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they poured out a prayer |
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when thy chastening was upon them. |
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Like as a woman with child,
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that draweth near the time of her delivery, |
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is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; |
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so have we been in thy sight, O LORD. |
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We have been with child, we have been in pain,
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we have as it were brought forth wind; |
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we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; |
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neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen. |
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Thy dead men shall live,
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together with my dead body shall they arise. |
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Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: |
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for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, |
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and the earth shall cast out the dead. |
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Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers,
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and shut thy doors about thee: |
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hide thyself as it were for a little moment, |
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until the indignation be overpast. |
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For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place
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to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: |
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the earth also shall disclose her blood, |
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and shall no more cover her slain. |
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