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The way of the just is uprightness.
    You who are upright make the path of the righteous level.

Yes, in the way of your judgments, Yahweh, we have waited for you.
    Your name and your renown are the desire of our soul.
With my soul I have desired you in the night.
    Yes, with my spirit within me I will seek you earnestly;
    for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

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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