Isaiah 26:7–15

⁷The ^away of the righteous is upright;

O Upright One, ^bmake the path of the righteous level.

⁸Indeed, while following the way of ^aYour judgments, O Yahweh,

We have hoped for You eagerly;

^bYour name—the ^cmemory of You—is the desire of our souls.

^9aAt night ¹my soul longs for You,

Indeed, ²my spirit within me ^bseeks You earnestly;

For when the earth ³experiences Your judgments,

The inhabitants of the world ^clearn righteousness.

¹⁰Though the wicked is shown favor,

He does not ^alearn righteousness;

He ^bdeals unjustly in the land of uprightness,

And does not perceive the majesty of Yahweh.

¹¹O Yahweh, Your hand is raised up high, yet they ^ado not behold it.

¹They behold ^bYour zeal for the people and are put to shame;

Indeed, ^2cfire will devour Your adversaries.

¹²Yahweh, You will establish ^apeace for us,

Since You have also performed for us all our works.

¹³O Yahweh our God, ^aother masters besides You have ruled us;

But through You alone we ^bbring Your name to remembrance.

^14aThe dead will not live; the ¹departed spirits will not rise;

Therefore You have ^bvisited and destroyed them,

And You have made all remembrance of them perish.

^15aYou have increased the nation, O Yahweh;

You have increased the nation, You are glorified;

You have ^bextended all the borders of the land.