Isaiah 26:2-4

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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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“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].

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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.