A highway will be there

O YHWH, you are my God;
I will exalt you and praise your name,
for in perfect faithfulness
you have done marvelous things,
things planned long ago.

You have been a refuge for the poor,
a refuge for the needy in his distress,
a shelter from the storm
and a shade from the heat.
For the breath of the ruthless
is like a storm driving against a wall
and like the heat of the desert.
You silence the uproar of foreigners;
as heat is reduced by the shadow of a cloud,
so the song of the ruthless is stilled.

On this mountain YHWH Almighty will prepare
a feast of rich food for all peoples,
a banquet of aged wine—
the best of meats and the finest of wines.

he will swallow up death forever.
The Sovereign YHWH will wipe away the tears
from all faces;
he will remove the disgrace of his people
from all the earth.
YHWH has spoken.

In that day they will say,
"Surely this is our God;
we trusted in him, and he saved us.
This is YHWH, we trusted in him;
let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation."

Yes, YHWH, walking in the way of your laws,
we wait for you;
your name and renown
are the desire of our hearts.

My soul yearns for you in the night;
in the morning my spirit longs for you.
When your judgments come upon the earth,
the people of the world learn righteousness.

And a highway will be there;
it will be called the Way of Holiness.
The unclean will not journey on it;
it will be for those who walk in that Way;
wicked fools will not go about on it.

No lion will be there,
nor will any ferocious beast get up on it;
they will not be found there.
But only the redeemed will walk there,

and the ransomed of YHWH will return.
They will enter Zion with singing;
everlasting joy will crown their heads.
Gladness and joy will overtake them,
and sorrow and sighing will flee away.


Isaiah 25:1,4-6,8,9 26:8,9 35:8-10 NIV

[Yahweh, I rejoice and am glad in your salvation.]