Isaiah 26:13-19

New International Version

¹³Lord our God, other lords^(A) besides you have ruled over us,
    but your name^(B) alone do we honor.^(C)
¹⁴They are now dead,^(D) they live no more;
    their spirits^(E) do not rise.
You punished them and brought them to ruin;^(F)
    you wiped out all memory of them.^(G)
¹⁵You have enlarged the nation, Lord;
    you have enlarged the nation.^(H)
You have gained glory for yourself;
    you have extended all the borders^(I) of the land.

¹⁶Lord, they came to you in their distress;^(J)
    when you disciplined^(K) them,
    they could barely whisper^(L) a prayer.^[a]
¹⁷As a pregnant woman about to give birth^(M)
    writhes and cries out in her pain,
    so were we in your presence, Lord.
¹⁸We were with child, we writhed in labor,
    but we gave birth^(N) to wind.
We have not brought salvation^(O) to the earth,
    and the people of the world have not come to life.^(P)

¹⁹But your dead^(Q) will live, Lord;
    their bodies will rise—
let those who dwell in the dust^(R)
    wake up and shout for joy—
your dew^(S) is like the dew of the morning;
    the earth will give birth to her dead.^(T)