# Isaiah 26 (New King James Version)
A Song of Salvation

##### Chapter 26
###### 1 In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah:
"We have a strong city;  
_God_ will appoint salvation _for_ walls and bulwarks.  

###### 2 Open the gates,  
That the righteous nation which keeps the truth may enter in.  

###### 3 You will keep _him_ in perfect peace,  
_Whose_ mind _is_ stayed _on You,_  
Because he trusts in You.  

###### 4 Trust in the Lord forever,  
For in Yah, the Lord, _is_ everlasting strength.  

###### 5 For He brings down those who dwell on high,  
The lofty city;  
He lays it low,  
He lays it low to the ground,  
He brings it down to the dust.  

###### 6 The foot shall tread it down--  
The feet of the poor  
_And_ the steps of the needy."

###### 7 The way of the just _is_ uprightness;  
O Most Upright,  
You weigh the path of the just.  

###### 8 Yes, in the way of Your judgments,  
O Lord, we have waited for You;  
The desire of _our_ soul _is_ for Your name  
And for the remembrance of You.  

###### 9 With my soul I have desired You in the night,  
Yes, by my spirit within me I will seek You early;  
For when Your judgments _are_ in the earth,  
The inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

###### 10 Let grace be shown to the wicked,  
_Yet_ he will not learn righteousness;  
In the land of uprightness he will deal unjustly,  
And will not behold the majesty of the Lord.  

###### 11 Lord, _when_ Your hand is lifted up, they will not see.  
But they will see and be ashamed  
For _their_ envy of people;  
Yes, the fire of Your enemies shall devour them.

###### 12 Lord, You will establish peace for us,  
For You have also done all our works in us.  

###### 13 O Lord our God, masters besides You  
Have had dominion over us;  
_But_ by You only we make mention of Your name.  

###### 14 _They are_ dead, they will not live;  
_They are_ deceased, they will not rise.  
Therefore You have punished and destroyed them,  
And made all their memory to perish.  

###### 15 You have increased the nation, O Lord,  
You have increased the nation;  
You are glorified;  
You have expanded all the borders of the land.

###### 16 Lord, in trouble they have visited You,  
They poured out a prayer _when_ Your chastening _was_ upon them.  

###### 17 As a woman with child  
Is in pain and cries out in her pangs,  
_When_ she draws near the time of her delivery,  
So have we been in Your sight, O Lord.  

###### 18 We have been with child, we have been in pain;  
We have, as it were, brought forth wind;  
We have not accomplished any deliverance in the earth,  
Nor have the inhabitants of the world fallen.

###### 19 Your dead shall live;  
_Together with_ my dead body they shall arise.  
Awake and sing, you who dwell in dust;  
For your dew _is like_ the dew of herbs,  
And the earth shall cast out the dead.Take Refuge from the Coming Judgment

###### 20 Come, my people, enter your chambers,  
And shut your doors behind you;  
Hide yourself, as it were, for a little moment,  
Until the indignation is past.  

###### 21 For behold, the Lord comes out of His place  
To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity;  
The earth will also disclose her blood,  
And will no more cover her slain.