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Scriptural Text [& Editorial]
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Commentary & Explanation
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Footnotes ~ References ~ JST
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CHAPTER 26
Trust in the Lord forever—Jehovah shall die and be
resurrected—All men shall rise in the resurrection.
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1 IN that day shall this song be
sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God
appoint for awalls and bulwarks.
2 Open ye the agates, that the
righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.
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3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect
apeacea, whose
mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
4 Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD
aJEHOVAH is beverlasting
cstrength:
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3a keep him in perfect
peace Certainly the events of the last days of the Coming of Christ
will be very stressful with disasters of all kinds occuring. But the promise
from the Lord of 'peace' or as stated here to 'keep in perfect peace' those
who rely and stay themselves upon him and his righteousness is of both
comfort and direction. If one will rely upon the arm of the Lord and trust in
him, he promises that all will be well with the righteous in that day
despite the turmoil which will cover the earth.
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5 ¶ For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.
6 The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.
7 The way of the just is uprightness: thou,
most aupright, dost weigh the path of the just.
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8 Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we
awaited for thee; the desire of our soul is
to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea,
with my spirit within me will I aseek thee
bearly: for when thy cjudgments
are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn
righteousness.
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10 Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.
11 LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will
not see: but athey shall see, and be
bashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire
of thine enemies shall devour them.
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12 ¶ LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for
thou also hast wrought all our aworks in us.
13 O LORD our God, other
alords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by
thee only will we make mention of thy name.
14 aThey are dead, they
shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast
thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.
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15 Thou hast aincreased the nation,
O LORD, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst
bremoved it far unto all the ends of the
earth.
16 LORD, in atrouble have they
visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy
bchastening was upon them.
17 Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O LORD.
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18 We have been with child, we have been in pain, we
have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in
the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world
afallen.
19 Thy dead men shall alive,
together with bmy dead body shall they
carise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew
is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
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20 ¶ Come, my people, enter thou into thy
chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little
moment, auntil the indignation be overpast.
21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to
punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall
disclose her ablood, and shall no more cover her slain.
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