Isaiah 26:1-3

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Song of Trust in God’s Protection

26 In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah:

“We have a strong city;
He sets up salvation as walls and ramparts.
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“Open the gates, that the righteous nation may enter,
The one that ^[a]remains faithful and trustworthy.
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“You will keep in ^[b]perfect and constant peace the one whose mind is steadfast [that is, committed and focused on You—in both ^[c]inclination and character],
Because he trusts and takes refuge in You [with hope and confident expectation].

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Footnotes

Isaiah 26:2 Lit keeps trustworthiness.
Isaiah 26:3 Lit peace, peace, a Hebrew idiom of emphasis.
Isaiah 26:3 The Hebrew word for inclination became a technical term in Jewish tradition, and the rabbis frequently referred to the “evil inclination” much in the same sense as the sin nature. They also recognized a “good inclination,” which the righteous choose to follow, and urged people to make their good inclination king over the evil inclination.