Isaiah 26:8

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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

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Nor have men heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither has the eye seen a God beside thee, that thou might do it again for the one who waits in him.

These are the commandments and the rights which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses unto the sons of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan of Jericho.

But he has known the way that I take; he has tried me, and I have come forth as gold.

I was perfect before him, and I kept myself from my iniquity.

All this is come upon us; yet we have not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.

Thou art he who doth establish the mountains by thy strength, being girded with valour:

Happy are those that keep judgment and he that does righteousness at all times.

Remember ye the law of Moses my slave, which I commanded unto him in Horeb statutes and my rights over all Israel.

And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord, blameless.

We

And it shall be said in that day, Behold, this is our God, whom we have waited for, and he has saved us: this is the LORD, whom we have waited for, we will be glad and rejoice in his saving health.

And therefore will the LORD wait for you, that he may have mercy on you, and therefore will he be exalted having mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all those that wait for him.

O LORD, have mercy on us; we wait for thee: thou wert the strength of thy people in the beginning, be also our saving health in the time of tribulation.

Beth Wait in the LORD and do good; live in the land and uphold the truth.

O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee; my soul thirsts for thee; my flesh longs for thee in a dry and thirsty land where there is no water;

Therefore I will wait for the LORD; I will wait for the God of my saving health; my God will hear me.

and gathering them together, he commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, Which, he said, ye have heard of me.

But if we wait for that which we do not see, with patience we wait for it.

And the Lord make your hearts upright in the charity of God and in the hope of the Christ.

Be patient, therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waits for the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently until it receives the early and latter rain.

Desire

shall not my house be so with God, although all my saving health and my desire shall not be produced yet? For he has made an everlasting covenant with me, ordered in all things, and it shall be kept;

How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee; my soul thirsts for thee; my flesh longs for thee in a dry and thirsty land where there is no water;

Whom have I in heaven but thee? And apart from thee there is nothing upon the earth that I desire.

And I said, This is my infirmity, but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High.

My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh sing to the living God.

I remembered the days of old; I meditated on all thy works; I mused on the work of thy hands.

Oh! if he would kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! for thy love is better than wine.

As the apple tree among the trees of the wild, so is my beloved among the sons. I desired to sit under his shadow, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

I charge you, O virgins of Jerusalem, if ye should find my beloved that ye cause him to know how sick I am with love.