Isaiah 26:3-12

English Standard Version

³^(A)You keep him in perfect peace
    whose mind is stayed on you,
    because he trusts in you.
⁴Trust in the Lord forever,
    for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.
⁵^(B)For he has humbled
    the inhabitants of the height,
    the lofty city.
He lays it low, lays it low to the ground,
    casts it to the dust.
⁶The foot tramples it,
    the feet of ^(C)the poor,
    the steps of ^(D)the needy.”

⁷The path of the righteous is level;
    ^(E)you make level the way of the righteous.
⁸In the path of your judgments,
    O Lord, we wait for you;
^(F)your name and ^(G)remembrance
    are the desire of our soul.
⁹My soul yearns for you in the night;
    my spirit within me earnestly seeks you.
^(H)For when your judgments are in the earth,
    the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
¹⁰^(I)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.
¹¹O Lord, ^(J)your hand is lifted up,
    but ^(K)they do not see it.
Let them see your zeal for your people, and be ashamed.
    Let ^(L)the fire for your adversaries consume them.
¹²O Lord, you will ordain ^(M)peace for us,
    for you have indeed done for us all our works.