Isaiah 26:7–15

⁷The way of the righteous is level;

straight is the path of the righteous that you clear.^*

⁸In the path of your judgments,

O Lord, we have placed hope;

your name and your renown

are the soul’s desire.^*

⁹My soul yearns for you in the night;

my spirit within me earnestly seeks you.

For when your judgments are in the earth,

the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.^*

¹⁰If favor is shown to the wicked,

they do not learn righteousness;

they corrupt what is upright on the earth

and do not see the majesty of the Lord.^*

¹¹O Lord, your hand is lifted up,

but they do not see it.

Let them see your zeal for your people and be ashamed.

Let the fire for your adversaries consume them.^*

¹²O Lord, may you ordain peace for us,

for indeed, all that we have done, you have done for us.^*

¹³O Lord our God,

other lords besides you have ruled over us,

but we acknowledge your name alone.^*

¹⁴The dead do not live;

shades do not rise

because you have punished and destroyed them

and wiped out all memory of them.^*

¹⁵But you have increased the nation, O Lord;

you have increased the nation; you are glorified;

you have enlarged all the borders of the land.^*