15 Thou hast increased [a]the nation, O Lord: thou hast increased the nation: thou art made glorious, thou hast enlarged all the coasts of the earth.

16 Lord, in trouble have they [b]visited thee: they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.

17 Like as a woman with child, that draweth near to the travail, is in sorrow, and crieth in her pains, so have we been in thy [c]sight, O Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 26:15 To wit, the company of the faithful by the calling of the Gentiles.
  2. Isaiah 26:16 That is, the faithful by the rods were moved to pray unto thee for deliverance.
  3. Isaiah 26:17 To wit, in extreme sorrow.

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