You will keep him in perfect (A)peace,
Whose mind is stayed on You,
Because he trusts in You.
Trust in the Lord forever,
(B)For in Yah, the Lord, is [a]everlasting strength.
For He brings [b]down those who dwell on high,
(C)The lofty city;
He lays it low,
He lays it low to the ground,
He brings it down to the dust.

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  1. Isaiah 26:4 Or Rock of Ages
  2. Isaiah 26:5 low

The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect (A)peace,
Because he trusts in You.
(B)Trust in the Lord forever,
For in [a]God the Lord, we have an everlasting (C)Rock.
For He has brought low those who dwell on high, the (D)unassailable city;
(E)He lays it low, He lays it low to the ground, He casts it to the dust.

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  1. Isaiah 26:4 Heb Yah, usually rendered Lord


“You will keep in [a]perfect and constant peace the one whose mind is steadfast [that is, committed and focused on You—in both [b]inclination and character],
Because he trusts and takes refuge in You [with hope and confident expectation].

“Trust [confidently] in the Lord forever [He is your fortress, your shield, your banner],
For the Lord God is an everlasting Rock [the Rock of Ages].

“For He has thrown down the [arrogant] ones who dwell on high, the lofty and inaccessible city;
He lays it low, He lays it low to the ground, He hurls it to the dust.

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Footnotes

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

You will keep in perfect peace(A)
    those whose minds are steadfast,
    because they trust(B) in you.
Trust(C) in the Lord forever,(D)
    for the Lord, the Lord himself, is the Rock(E) eternal.
He humbles those who dwell on high,
    he lays the lofty city low;
he levels it to the ground(F)
    and casts it down to the dust.(G)

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

Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength:

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.

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