The path of the righteous is level;
    (A)you make level the way of the righteous.
In the path of your judgments,
    O Lord, we wait for you;
(B)your name and (C)remembrance
    are the desire of our soul.
My soul yearns for you in the night;
    my spirit within me earnestly seeks you.
(D)For when your judgments are in the earth,
    the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
10 (E)If favor is shown to the wicked,
    he does not learn righteousness;
in the land of uprightness he deals corruptly
    and does not see the majesty of the Lord.
11 O Lord, (F)your hand is lifted up,
    but (G)they do not see it.
Let them see your zeal for your people, and be ashamed.
    Let (H)the fire for your adversaries consume them.
12 O Lord, you will ordain (I)peace for us,
    for you have indeed done for us all our works.
13 O Lord our God,
    (J)other lords besides you have ruled over us,
    (K)but your name alone we bring to remembrance.
14 They are dead, they will not live;
    they are shades, they will not arise;
to that end you have visited them with destruction
    and wiped out all remembrance of them.
15 (L)But you have increased the nation, O Lord,
    you have increased the nation; you are glorified;
    (M)you have enlarged all the borders of the land.

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The path of the righteous is level;(A)
    you, the Upright One,(B) make the way of the righteous smooth.(C)
Yes, Lord, walking in the way of your laws,[a](D)
    we wait(E) for you;
your name(F) and renown
    are the desire of our hearts.
My soul yearns for you in the night;(G)
    in the morning my spirit longs(H) for you.
When your judgments(I) come upon the earth,
    the people of the world learn righteousness.(J)
10 But when grace is shown to the wicked,(K)
    they do not learn righteousness;
even in a land of uprightness they go on doing evil(L)
    and do not regard(M) the majesty of the Lord.
11 Lord, your hand is lifted high,(N)
    but they do not see(O) it.
Let them see your zeal(P) for your people and be put to shame;(Q)
    let the fire(R) reserved for your enemies consume them.

12 Lord, you establish peace(S) for us;
    all that we have accomplished you have done(T) for us.
13 Lord our God, other lords(U) besides you have ruled over us,
    but your name(V) alone do we honor.(W)
14 They are now dead,(X) they live no more;
    their spirits(Y) do not rise.
You punished them and brought them to ruin;(Z)
    you wiped out all memory of them.(AA)
15 You have enlarged the nation, Lord;
    you have enlarged the nation.(AB)
You have gained glory for yourself;
    you have extended all the borders(AC) of the land.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 26:8 Or judgments