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A Song
of Praise
26:1 In that day shall this song be sung in the land
of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint
for walls and bulwarks.
26:2 Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which
keepeth the truth may enter in.
26:3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is
stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
26:4 Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH
is everlasting strength:
26:5 For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the
lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the
ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.
26:6 The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the
poor, and the steps of the needy.
26:7 The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most
upright, dost weigh the path of the just.
26:8 Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we
waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and
to the remembrance of thee.
26:9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea,
with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when
thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world
will learn righteousness.
26:10 Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not
learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal
unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.
26:11 LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see:
but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the
people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.
26:12 LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also
hast wrought all our works in us.
26:13 O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had
dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of
thy name.
26:14 They are dead, they shall not live; they are
deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited
and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.
26:15 Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast
increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed
it far unto all the ends of the earth.
26:16 LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured
out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.
26:17 Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the
time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her
pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O LORD.
26:18 We have been with child, we have been in pain, we
have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any
deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of
the world fallen.
26:19 Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body
shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for
thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out
the dead.
26:20 Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and
shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a
little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
26:21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to
punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the
earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover
her slain. |
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