CHAPTER 26
In that
day
this
song
will be sung
in the land
of Judah:
We have a strong
city.
Salvation
is established
as its walls
and ramparts.
For
He has humbled
those who dwell
on high—
He lays
the lofty
city low.
He brings it down
to
the ground;
He casts
it into
the dust.
Yes,
we wait for You,
O LORD;
we walk in the path
of Your judgments.
Your name
and renown
are the desire
of our souls.
My soul
longs for You
in the night;
indeed,
my spirit
within me
diligently seeks You.
For
when
Your judgments
come upon the earth,
the inhabitants
of the world
will learn
righteousness.
Though grace is shown
to the wicked man,
he does not
learn
righteousness.
In the land
of righteousness
he acts unjustly
and fails
to see
the majesty
of the LORD.
O LORD,
Your hand
is upraised,
but they do not
see it.
They will see
Your zeal
for Your people,
and be put to shame.
The fire set
for Your enemies
will consume them!
O LORD,
You will establish
peace for us,
for,
indeed,
all
that we have accomplished,
You have done
for us.
The dead
will not
live;
the departed spirits
will not
rise.
Therefore
You have punished
and destroyed them;
You have wiped out
all
memory of them.
You have enlarged
the nation,
O LORD;
You have increased
the nation.
You are glorified.
You have extended
the borders
of the land.
O LORD,
they sought You
in their distress;
when You disciplined them,
they poured out
a quiet prayer.
As
a woman with child
and about
to give birth
writhes
and cries out
in pain,
that is how
we were
in Your presence,
O LORD.
We were pregnant,
we writhed in pain,
we gave birth to
wind.
We have brought
no
salvation
to the earth,
nor
brought
any life
into the world.
Your dead
will live;
their bodies
will rise.
Awake
and sing,
you who dwell
in the dust!
For
your dew
is like the dew
of the morning,
and the earth
will bring forth
her dead.
Go,
my people,
enter
your rooms
and shut
your doors
behind you.
Hide yourselves
a little
while
until
the wrath
has passed.
For
behold,
the LORD
is coming
out of His dwelling
to punish
the inhabitants
of the earth
for their iniquity.
The earth
will reveal
her bloodshed
and no
longer
conceal
her slain.