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“The path of the righteous is level;
    O Upright One,[a]
        you make safe[b] the way of justice.[c]
Yes, Lord, in the path of your judgments we wait;[d]
    your name and your Law[e] are the[f] soul’s desire.
My soul yearns for you in the night;
    my spirit within me searches for you.
For when your judgments come upon the earth,
    the world’s inhabitants learn righteousness.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 26:7 So 1QIsaa MT; 4QIsac reads they go straight ahead; LXX lacks this line
  2. Isaiah 26:7 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read smooth or you prepare
  3. Isaiah 26:7 So 1QIsaa 4QIsac; MT LXX read of the righteous ones
  4. Isaiah 26:8 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads we wait for you
  5. Isaiah 26:8 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsac MT read your renown; cf. LXX
  6. Isaiah 26:8 So 1QIsaa MT; 4QIsab reads my