Isaiah 26:17-19

The Voice

¹⁷ You witnessed us twist and turn before You, O Eternal,
    like a birthing woman in agony of labor.
¹⁸ We were that woman, laboring to deliver,
    but we gave birth only to futility and emptiness.
We couldn’t deliver the earth, save it, renew it.
    We couldn’t make it teem with life.
¹⁹ But Your dead will live; their lifeless bodies will rise up again!
    You who sleep in the dust, get up and shout for joy!
The dew of a new day will wash you glistening fresh,
    and the earth will push forth those who had passed before.