Commentary on Isaiah Volume 1 John Calvin (continued)
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Isaiah Chapter 26:1-21 1. In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city: salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.
1. In die illa cantabitur canticum in terra Iuda: Urbs fortitudinis nobis; salutem posuit muros et vallum.
2. Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.
2. Aperite portas, et ingredietur gens justa, custodiens veritates. 3. Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee; because he trusteth in thee.
3. Cogitatio fixa: custodies pacem, pacem; quoniam in te confisum est. 4. Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength.
4. Sperate in Iehova in perpetuum; quia in Iah Iehova fortitudo seculorum. 5. 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.
5. Nam incurvabit incolas sublimitatis, civitatem exaltatam humiliabit; humiliabit, inquam, eam ad terram, deducet ad pulverem.
6. The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.
6. Calcabit eam pes; pedes pauperis, gressus inopum. 7. The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.
7. Semita justi rectitudines; rectam viam justi æquabis, (vel, tu, qui rectus es, viam justi æquabis.)
8. Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, have we waited for thee; the