Isaiah 26:7-15

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⁷ The way of the righteous is level;
    straight is the path of the righteous that you clear.^(A)
8 In the path of your judgments,
    O Lord, we have placed hope;
your name and your renown
    are the soul’s desire.^(B)
9 My soul yearns for you in the night;
    my spirit within me earnestly seeks you.
For when your judgments are in the earth,
    the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.^(C)
10 If favor is shown to the wicked,
    they do not learn righteousness;
they corrupt what is upright on the earth
    and do not see the majesty of the Lord.^(D)
11 O Lord, your hand is lifted up,
    but they do not see it.
Let them see your zeal for your people and be ashamed.
    Let the fire for your adversaries consume them.^(E)
12 O Lord, may you ordain peace for us,
    for indeed, all that we have done, you have done for us.^(F)
13 O Lord our God,
    other lords besides you have ruled over us,
    but we acknowledge your name alone.^(G)
14 The dead do not live;
    shades do not rise
because you have punished and destroyed them
    and wiped out all memory of them.^(H)
15 But you have increased the nation, O Lord;
    you have increased the nation; you are glorified;
    you have enlarged all the borders of the land.^(I)