The path of the righteous is level;
    (A)you make level the way of the righteous.
In the path of your judgments,
    O Lord, we wait for you;
(B)your name and (C)remembrance
    are the desire of our soul.
My soul yearns for you in the night;
    my spirit within me earnestly seeks you.
(D)For when your judgments are in the earth,
    the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

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The (A)way of the righteous is smooth;
O Upright One, (B)make the path of the righteous level.
Indeed, while following the way of (C)Your judgments, Lord,
We have waited for You eagerly;
(D)Your name, and (E)remembering You, is the desire of our souls.
(F)At night [a]my soul longs for You,
Indeed, [b]my spirit within me (G)seeks You diligently;
For when the earth [c]experiences Your judgments,
The inhabitants of the world (H)learn righteousness.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 26:9 Lit with my soul I long
  2. Isaiah 26:9 Lit with my spirit...I seek
  3. Isaiah 26:9 Lit has