Yesaya 26:4

26:4 Trust in the Lord from this time forward, ¹ 

even in Yah, the Lord, an enduring protector! ² 

Yesaya 50:10

50:10 Who among you fears the Lord?

Who obeys ³  his servant?

Whoever walks in deep darkness, ⁴ 

without light,

should trust in the name of the Lord

and rely on his God.

[26:4]  ¹ tn Or “forevermore.” For other uses of the phrase עֲדֵי־עַד (’ade-’ad) see Isa 65:18 and Pss 83:17; 92:7.

[26:4]  ² tc The Hebrew text has “for in Yah, the Lord, an everlasting rock.” Some have suggested that the phrase בְּיָהּ (beyah, “in Yah”) is the result of dittography. A scribe seeing כִּי יְהוָה (ki yÿhvah) in his original text would somehow have confused the letters and accidentally inserted בְּיָהּ between the words (bet and kaf [ב and כ] can be confused in later script phases). A number of English versions retain both divine names for emphasis (ESV, NIV, NKJV, NRSV, NLT). One of the Qumran texts (1QIsa^a) confirms the MT reading as well.

[50:10]  ³ tn Heb “[who] listens to the voice of his servant?” The interrogative is understood by ellipsis (note the preceding line).

[50:10]  ⁴ tn The plural indicates degree. Darkness may refer to exile and/or moral evil.