The third Song of Esay (Esay 26)

A Citie now we haue obtain'd,
Where strong Defences are:
And, God Saluation hath ordain'd.
For Wals, and Bulwarkes there.
The Gates thereof, wide open Yee,
That such as iustly doe,
(And those that Truth's obseruers be)
May enter thereinto.

There, thou in peace wilt keep them sure
Whose thoughts well grounded be;
In peace, that euer shall endure,
Because they trusted Thee.
For euer, therefore, on the Lord,
Without distrust, depend.
For, in the Lord, th'eternall Lord,
Is strength that hath no end.

He makes the loftie Citie yeeld,
And her proud Dwellers bow:
He layes it leuell with the field,
Eu'n with the dust below.
Their feet that are in want and care,
Their feet thereon shall tread:
Their way is right that righteous are,
And thou their path dost heed.

Upon thy course of Iudgements, we
Oh LORD, attending were:
And to record thy Name and Thee,
Our soules desirous are.
On Thee, our minds with strong desire
Are fixed in the night:
And after thee our hearts enquire
Before the morning light.

For, when thy righteous Iudgements are
Upon the earth discern'd;
By those that doe inhabite there,
Uprightnesse shall be learn'd.
Yet, Sinners for no terrour will
Iust dealing vnderstand:
But in their sinnes continue still.
Amid the Holy-Land.

To seeke the glory of the LORD,
They vn-regardfull be.
And thy aduanced-hand, Oh LORD,
They will not daigne to see.
But they shall see, and see with shame,
That beare thy People spight:
Yea, from thy Foes shall come a flame,
Which will deuoure them quite.

Then, LORD, for vs thou wilt procure,
That we in peace may be;
Because that eu'ry worke of our,
Is wrought for vs, by Thee.
And LORD our GOD . though we are brought
To other Lords in thrall;
Of thee alone shall be our thought,
Upon thy Name to call.

They are deceast, and neuer shall
Renewed life obtaine:
They dye, and shall not rise at all.
To tyrannize againe.
For thou didst visit them therefore,
And wide disperst them hast;
That so their Fame for euermore,
May wholly bee defac't.

But Lord, encreast thy People are,
Encreast they are by thee;
And thou art glorifi'd as farre,
As earths wide limits bee.
For Lord, in their distresses, when
Thy rod on them was laid;
They vnto thee did hasten then,
And without ceasing praid.

As one with child is paind, when as
Her throwes of bearing bee;
And cries in pangs (before thy face)
Oh LORD, so fared wee.
Wee haue conceiu'd, and for a birth
Of winde haue pained binn.
The world's vnsafe, and still on earth,
They thriue that dwell therein.

Thy Dead shall liue and rise againe,
With my dead-Body shall.
Oh you, that in the dust remaine,
Awake and sing you, all!
For, as the deaw doth hearbs renew,
That buried seem'd before:
So, earth shall through thy heauenly deaw
Her Dead aliue restore.

My People to thy Chambers fare:
Shut close the doore to thee;
And stay a while (a moment there)
Till past the Fury bee.
For lo, the Lord doth now arise;
Hee commeth from his place,
To punish their impieties,
Who now the world possesse.

The earth that blood discouer shall,
Which is in her conceal'd:
And bring to light those murthers all,
Which yet are vnreueal'd.