Yeshayah 26

¹In that day shall this shir (song)

be sung in Eretz Yehudah:

We have an Ir Oz (a city of strength) ;

Yeshu'ah (salvation) is that which He makes [its] chomot (walls) and outer wall.

²Open ye the She'arim,

that the Goy Tzaddik (right-with-G-d people)

which is shomer emunim (keeping faith) may enter in.

³Thou wilt keep him in shalom shalom,

whose yetzer (mind-set) is stayed on Thee;

because he trusteth in Thee.

⁴Trust ye in Hashem forever;

for in G-d Hashem is Tzur Olamin;

⁵For He bringeth down them that dwell on marom (high) ;

the lofty city, He layeth it low;

He layeth it low, even ad eretz;

He bringeth it even to aphar (dust) .

⁶The regel (foot) shall trample it down,

even the feet of the oni (oppressed) ,

and the footsteps of the dalim (poor, downtrodden, needy) .

⁷The Orakh Latzaddik (way of the just) is meiysharim (altogether level, upright, direct ones) ;

Thou, O Yashar (Upright One, Straight One) , straighten the ma'agal (circuit) of the tzaddik.

⁸Indeed, in the orakh of Thy mishpatim, Hashem ,

have we waited for Thee;

our ta'avat nefesh (yearning of soul)

is for Thy Shem, and for the zekher (memory, remembrance) of Thee.

⁹With my nefesh have I desired thee in the lailah;

yes, with my ruach within me will I seek Thee;

for when Thy mishpatim are upon ha'aretz,

the inhabitants of the tevel will learn tzedek.

¹⁰Let grace be shown to the rasha,

yet he will not learn tzedek;

in the Eretz Nekhochot (Land of Straightforwardness) he will deal unjustly,

and will not regard the ge'ut Hashem (majesty, exaltedness of Hashem ) .

¹¹Hashem , when Thy Yad (hand, power) is lifted up,

they will not see;

but let them see and be ashamed

of their kinat Am (envy of [G-dʼs] people) ;

indeed, the eish of Thine enemies shall devour them.

¹²Hashem , Thou wilt ordain shalom for us;

for Thou also hast wrought

all our ma'asim (works, deeds) in us.

¹³Hashem Eloheinu,

other adonim besides Thee have had dominion over us;

but by Thee only do we keep Thy Shem in remembrance.

¹⁴They are mesim (dead ones) , they shall not live;

they are refa'im (dead ones) , they shall not rise;

therefore Thou hast visited and destroyed them,

and made all their zekher (memory) to perish.

¹⁵Thou hast increased the Goy (nation, people) , Hashem ,

Thou hast increased the Goy; Thou hast gained glory;

Thou hadst extended all the borders of the Eretz.

¹⁶Hashem , in tzoros have they visited Thee,

they davened a lachash (whisper)

when Thy musar (chastening) was upon them.

¹⁷Like a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery,

in travail, and crieth out in her pangs;

so have we been in Thy sight, Hashem .

¹⁸We have been with child, we have been in pain,

we have as it were brought forth ruach (wind) ;

we have not wrought yeshu'ot (salvation of any kind) in Eretz;

neither have inhabitants of the tevel (world) been born.

¹⁹Thy mesim (dead men) shall live,[#26:19 see also Dan 12:2]

together with my nevelah (dead bodies, corpses) shall they arise.

Awake and sing for joy, ye that dwell in aphar (dust) ;

for Thy tal (dew) is like the orot tal (morning dew) ,

and Eretz shall give birth to repha'im (dead ones) .

²⁰Come, My people, enter thou into thy chederim,

and shut thy delatot behind thee;

hide thyself for a little rega (moment, while) ,

until the za'am (wrath, indignation [of G-d]) has passed.

²¹For, hinei, Hashem goeth forth from His Makom (place, home)

to punish the avon (iniquity) of inhabitants of ha'aretz;

ha'aretz also shall disclose her dahm,

and shall no more cover over her slain.