Isaiah 26

bayyom hahu yushar hashir-hazzeh be'erets yehudah ir oz-lanu yeshu'ah yashit khomot vakhel

In that day, this song shall be sung In the land of Judah: Ours is a mighty city; [God] makes victory our inner and outer wall.

pitkhu she'arim veyavo goy-tsaddiq shomer emunim

Open the gates, and let A righteous nation enter, [A nation] that keeps faith.

yetser samukh titsor shalom shalom ki vekha batuakh

The confident mind You guard in safety, In safety because it trusts in You.

bitkhu va-Adonai ade-ad ki beyah Adonai tsur olamim

Trust in GOD—for ever and ever, For in Yah—GOD—you have an everlasting Rock.

ki heshakh yosheve marom qiryah nisgavah yashpilennah yashpilah ad-erets yaggi'ennah ad-afar

For [God] has brought low those who dwelt high up, Has humbled the secure city, Humbled it to the ground, Leveled it with the dust—

tirmesennah ragel ragle ani pa'ame dallim

To be trampled underfoot, By the feet of the needy, By the soles of the poor.

orakh latsaddiq mesharim yashar magal tsaddiq tefalles

The path is level for the righteous; O Just One, You make smooth the course of the righteous.

af orakh mishpatekha Adonai qivvinukha leshimkha ulezikhrekha ta'avat-nafesh

For Your just ways, O ETERNAL One, we look to You; We long for the name by which You are called.

nafshi ivvitikha ballaylah af-rukhi veqirbi ashakharekka ki ka'asher mishpatekha la'arets tsedeq lamedu yosheve tevel

At night I yearn for You with all my being, I seek You with all the spirit within me. For when Your judgments are wrought on earth, The inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

yukhan rasha bal-lamad tsedeq be'erets nekhokhot ye'avvel uval-yireh ge'ut Adonai

But the scoundrel, when spared, learns not righteousness; Doing wrong in a place of integrity— Ignoring GOD’s majesty.

Adonai ramah yadekha bal-yekhezayun yekhezu veyevoshu qinat-am af-esh tsarekha tokhelem

O ETERNAL One! They see not Your hand exalted. Let them be shamed as they behold Your zeal for Your people And fire consuming Your adversaries.

Adonai tishpot shalom lanu ki gam kol-ma'asenu pa'alta lanu

O ETERNAL One! May You appoint well-being for us, Since You have also requited all our misdeeds.

Adonai elohenu be'alunu adonim zulatekha levad-bekha nazkir shemekha

O ETERNAL One our God! Rulers other than You possessed us, But only Your name shall we utter.

metim bal-yikhyu refa'im bal-yaqumu lakhen paqadta vattashmidem vatte'abbed kol-zekher lamo

They are dead, they can never live; Shades, they can never rise; Of a truth, You have dealt with them and wiped them out, Have put an end to all mention of them.

yasafta laggoy Adonai yasafta laggoy nikhbadeta rikhaqta kol-qatsve-arets

When You added to the nation, O ETERNAL One— When You added to the nation, Extending all the boundaries of the land, You were honored.

Adonai batsar peqadukha tsaqun lakhash musarekha lamo

O ETERNAL One! In their distress, they sought You; Your chastisement reduced them To anguished whispered prayer.

kemo harah taqriv laledet takhil tizaq bakhavaleha ken hayinu mippanekha Adonai

Like a woman with child Approaching childbirth, Writhing and screaming in her pangs, So are we become because of You, O ETERNAL One.

harinu khalnu kemo yaladnu ruakh yeshu'ot bal-na'aseh erets uval-yippelu yosheve tevel

We were with child, we writhed— It is as though we had given birth to wind; We have won no victory on earth; The inhabitants of the world have not come to life!

yikhyu metekha nevelati yequmun haqitsu verannenu shokhene afar ki tal orot tallekha va'arets refa'im tappil

Oh, let Your dead revive! Let corpses arise! Awake and shout for joy, You who dwell in the dust!— For Your dew is like the dew on fresh growth; You make the land of the shades come to life.

lekh ammi bo vakhadarekha usegor (dltykh) [delatekha] ba'adekha khavi khimat-rega ad-yvvr-()[ya'avor-]za'am

Go, my people, enter your chambers, And lock your doors behind you. Hide but a little moment, Until the indignation passes.

ki-hinneh Adonai yotse mimmeqomo lifqod avon yoshev-ha'arets alayw vegilletah ha'arets et-dameha velo-tekhasseh od al-harugeha

For lo! GOD shall come forth from seclusion To punish the dwellers of the earth For their iniquity; And the earth shall disclose its bloodshed And shall no longer conceal its slain.