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14 Let not the dead live, let not the giants rise again: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and hast destroyed all their memory.

15 Thou hast been favourable to the nation, O Lord, thou hast been favourable to the nation: art thou glorified? thou hast removed all the ends of the earth far off.

16 Lord, they have sought after thee in distress, in the tribulation of murmuring thy instruction was with them.

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14 They are now dead,(A) they live no more;
    their spirits(B) do not rise.
You punished them and brought them to ruin;(C)
    you wiped out all memory of them.(D)
15 You have enlarged the nation, Lord;
    you have enlarged the nation.(E)
You have gained glory for yourself;
    you have extended all the borders(F) of the land.

16 Lord, they came to you in their distress;(G)
    when you disciplined(H) them,
    they could barely whisper(I) a prayer.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 26:16 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.