Isaiah 26 : 1 (NLT)
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.
Isaiah 26 : 2 (NLT)
Open the gates to all who are righteous; allow the faithful to enter.
Isaiah 26 : 3 (NLT)
You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you!
Isaiah 26 : 4 (NLT)
Trust in the LORD always, for the LORD GOD is the eternal Rock.
Isaiah 26 : 5 (NLT)
He humbles the proud and brings down the arrogant city. He brings it down to the dust.
Isaiah 26 : 6 (NLT)
The poor and oppressed trample it underfoot, and the needy walk all over it.
Isaiah 26 : 7 (NLT)
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.
Isaiah 26 : 8 (NLT)
LORD, we show our trust in you by obeying your laws; our heart's desire is to glorify your name.
Isaiah 26 : 9 (NLT)
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.
Isaiah 26 : 10 (NLT)
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.
Isaiah 26 : 11 (NLT)
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.
Isaiah 26 : 12 (NLT)
LORD, you will grant us peace; all we have accomplished is really from you.
Isaiah 26 : 13 (NLT)
O LORD our God, others have ruled us, but you alone are the one we worship.
Isaiah 26 : 14 (NLT)
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.
Isaiah 26 : 15 (NLT)
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!
Isaiah 26 : 16 (NLT)
LORD, in distress we searched for you. We prayed beneath the burden of your discipline.
Isaiah 26 : 17 (NLT)
Just as a pregnant woman writhes and cries out in pain as she gives birth, so were we in your presence, LORD.
Isaiah 26 : 18 (NLT)
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.
Isaiah 26 : 19 (NLT)
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!
Isaiah 26 : 20 (NLT)
Go home, my people, and lock your doors! Hide yourselves for a little while until the LORD's anger has passed.
Isaiah 26 : 21 (NLT)
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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