Isaiah 26:12-19

New International Version

¹²Lord, you establish peace^(A) for us;
    all that we have accomplished you have done^(B) for us.
¹³Lord our God, other lords^(C) besides you have ruled over us,
    but your name^(D) alone do we honor.^(E)
¹⁴They are now dead,^(F) they live no more;
    their spirits^(G) do not rise.
You punished them and brought them to ruin;^(H)
    you wiped out all memory of them.^(I)
¹⁵You have enlarged the nation, Lord;
    you have enlarged the nation.^(J)
You have gained glory for yourself;
    you have extended all the borders^(K) of the land.

¹⁶Lord, they came to you in their distress;^(L)
    when you disciplined^(M) them,
    they could barely whisper^(N) a prayer.^[a]
¹⁷As a pregnant woman about to give birth^(O)
    writhes and cries out in her pain,
    so were we in your presence, Lord.
¹⁸We were with child, we writhed in labor,
    but we gave birth^(P) to wind.
We have not brought salvation^(Q) to the earth,
    and the people of the world have not come to life.^(R)

¹⁹But your dead^(S) will live, Lord;
    their bodies will rise—
let those who dwell in the dust^(T)
    wake up and shout for joy—
your dew^(U) is like the dew of the morning;
    the earth will give birth to her dead.^(V)