26: 2 Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth faith may enter in.
26: 3 298Thou wilt keep him 299in perfect peace, whose 300mind is stayed on thee; because 301he trusteth in thee.
298Or, A stedfast mind thou keepest in perfect peace, because it is stayed on thee.
299Hb. peace, peace,
300Or, imagination
301So Massoretic 4QIsac Aram. (Vg.). 1QIsab,a Sept. read he is in thee.
26: 4 Trust ye in Jehovah for ever; for in 302Jehovah, even Jehovah, is 303an everlasting rock.
302Hb. Jah,
303Or, a rock of ages. Or, everlasting strength.
26: 5 For he hath brought 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 304uprightness: thou that art upright dost 305direct the path of the just.
304Or, a right way; the path of the just thou directest aright.
305Or, level
26: 8 Yes, in the way of thy judgments, O Jehovah, have we waited for thee; to thy name, even to thy memorial name, is the desire of our soul.
26: 9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yes, with my spirit within me will I seek thee earnestly: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
26: 10 Let favor be showed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness will he deal wrongfully, and will not behold the majesty of Jehovah.
26: 11 Jehovah, thy hand is lifted up, yet they see not: but they shall see 306thy zeal for the people, and be put to shame; yes, 307the fire of thine adversaries shall devour them.
306Or, and be put to shame, in their envy at the people;
307Or perhaps, fire shall devour thine adversaries.
26: 12 Jehovah, thou wilt ordain peace for us; for thou hast also wrought all our works for us.
26: 13 O Jehovah our God, other lords besides thee have had dominion over us; but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.
26: 14 308They are dead, they shall not live; they are 309deceased, they shall not arise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all remembrance of them to perish.
308Or, The dead live not, the deceased rise not: Cf. ch. 14:21, Ge 4:8.
309Or, shades, Hb. Rephaim
26: 15 Thou hast increased the nation, O Jehovah, thou hast increased the nation; thou art glorified; 310thou hast enlarged all the borders of the land.
310Or, thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth
26: 16 Jehovah, in trouble have they 311visited thee; they poured out a 312prayer when thy chastening was upon them.
311Or, looked for thee;
312Hb. whisper
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 313before thee, O Jehovah.
313Or, at thy presence, or, from thy face,
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; 314neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
314Or, neither have inhabitants of the world been born.
26: 19 Thy dead shall live; my dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust; for thy dew is as the dew of 315herbs, and the earth shall cast forth 316the dead.
315Or, lights,
316Or, the shades. Hb. Rephaim.
26: 20 Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thy self for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
26: 21 For, behold, Jehovah cometh forth 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.
