(A)Open the gates,
That the righteous nation which [a]keeps the truth may enter in.
You will keep him in perfect (B)peace,
Whose mind is stayed on You,
Because he trusts in You.

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  1. Isaiah 26:2 Or remains faithful

Open the (A)gates, that the (B)righteous nation may enter,
The one that [a]remains faithful.
The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect (C)peace,
Because he trusts in You.

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  1. Isaiah 26:2 Lit keeps faithfulness


“Open the gates, that the righteous nation may enter,
The one that [a]remains faithful and trustworthy.

“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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  1. Isaiah 26:2 Lit keeps trustworthiness.
  2. Isaiah 26:3 Lit peace, peace, a Hebrew idiom of emphasis.
  3. 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.

Open the gates(A)
    that the righteous(B) nation may enter,
    the nation that keeps faith.
You will keep in perfect peace(C)
    those whose minds are steadfast,
    because they trust(D) in you.

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Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.

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