Isaiah 26:8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.

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Bible References

In

The ear has not had news of, or the eye seen, ... any God but you, working for the man who is waiting for him.

These are the laws and the orders which the Lord gave to the children of Israel by Moses, in the lowlands of Moab by Jordan at Jericho.

For he has knowledge of the way I take; after I have been tested I will come out like gold.

And I was upright before him, and I kept myself from sin.

All this has come on us, but still we have kept you in our memory; and we have not been false to your word.

The God by whose strength the mountains are fixed; who is robed with power:

Happy are they whose decisions are upright, and he who does righteousness at all times.

Keep in mind the law of Moses, my servant, which I gave him in Horeb for all Israel, even the rules and the decisions.

They were upright in the eyes of God, keeping all the rules and orders of God, and doing no wrong.

We

And in that day it will be said, See, this is our God; we have been waiting for him, and he will be our saviour: this is the Lord in whom is our hope; we will be glad and have delight in his salvation.

For this cause the Lord will be waiting, so that he may be kind to you; and he will be lifted up, so that he may have mercy on you; for the Lord is a God of righteousness: there is a blessing on all whose hope is in him.

O Lord, have mercy on us; for we have been waiting for your help: be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of trouble.

Have faith in the Lord, and do good; be at rest in the land, and go after righteousness.

O God, you are my God; early will I make my search for you: my soul is dry for need of you, my flesh is wasted with desire for you, as a dry and burning land where no water is;

But as for me, I am looking to the Lord; I am waiting for the God of my salvation: the ears of my God will be open to me.

And when they were all together, with him, he gave them orders not to go away from Jerusalem, but to keep there, waiting till the word of the Father was put into effect, of which, he said, I have given you knowledge:

But if we have hope for that which we see not, then we will be able to go on waiting for it.

And may your hearts be guided by the Lord into the love of God and quiet waiting for Christ.

Go on waiting calmly, my brothers, till the coming of the Lord, like the farmer waiting for the good fruit of the earth till the early and late rains have come.

Desire

For is not my house so with God? For he has made with me an eternal agreement, ordered in all things and certain: as for all my salvation and all my desire, will he not give it increase?

Will you for ever put me out of your memory, O Lord? will your face for ever be turned away from me?

O God, you are my God; early will I make my search for you: my soul is dry for need of you, my flesh is wasted with desire for you, as a dry and burning land where no water is;

Whom have I in heaven but you? and having you I have no desire for anything on earth.

And I said, It is a weight on my spirit; but I will keep in mind the years of the right hand of the Most High.

The passion of my soul's desire is for the house of the Lord; my heart and my flesh are crying out for the living God.

Let him give me the kisses of his mouth: for his love is better than wine.

As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, so is my loved one among the sons. I took my rest under his shade with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you see my loved one, what will you say to him? That I am overcome with love.