Isaiah 26:1-6

New Century Version

We have a strong city.
    God protects us with its strong walls and defenses.
² Open the gates,
    and the good people will enter,
    those who follow God.
³ You, Lord, give true peace
    to those who depend on you,
    because they trust you.
⁴ So, trust the Lord always,
    because he is our Rock forever.
⁵ He will destroy the proud city,
    and he will punish the people living there.
He will bring that high city down to the ground
    and throw it down into the dust.
⁶ Then those who were hurt by the city will walk on its ruins;
    those who were made poor by the city will trample it under their feet.