Isaiah 26:7–15

⁷The path for the righteous is uprightness, O upright One, The path of the righteous Thou dost ponder. ⁸Also, in the path of Thy judgments, O Jehovah, we have waited for Thee, To Thy name and to Thy remembrance Is the desire of the soul. ⁹With my soul I desired Thee in the night, Also, with my spirit within me I seek Thee earnestly, For when Thy judgments are on the earth, The inhabitants of the world have learned righteousness. ¹⁰The wicked findeth favour, He hath not learned righteousness, In a land of straightforwardness he dealeth perversely, And seeth not the excellency of Jehovah. ¹¹O Jehovah, high is Thy hand—they see not, They see the zeal of the people, and are ashamed, Also, the fire—Thine adversaries, consumeth them.

¹²O Jehovah, Thou appointest peace to us, For, all our works also Thou hast wrought for us. ¹³O Jehovah our God, lords have ruled us besides Thee, Only, by Thee we make mention of Thy name. ¹⁴Dead—they live not, Rephaim, they rise not, Therefore Thou hast inspected and dost destroy them, Yea, thou destroyest all their memory. ¹⁵Thou hast added to the nation, O Jehovah, Thou hast added to the nation, Thou hast been honoured, Thou hast put far off all the ends of earth.