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.

In

We

Desire

Bible References

In

For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither has the eye seen, O God, besides you, what he has prepared for him that waits for him.

These are the commandments and the judgments, which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan near Jericho.

But he knows the way that I take: when he has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.

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

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

Who by his strength established the mountains; being girded with power:

Blessed are they that keep justice, and he that does righteousness at all times.

Remember you the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him at Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.

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, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.

And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of justice: blessed are all they that wait for him.

O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for you: be their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.

Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shall you dwell in the land, and verily you shall be fed.

[A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.] O God, you are my God; early will I seek you: my soul thirsts for you, my flesh longs for you in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.

And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, said he, you have heard of me.

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

And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.

Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, and has long patience for it, until he receives the early and latter rain.

Desire

Although my house be not so with God; yet he has made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he makes it not to grow.

[To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.] How long will you forget me, O LORD? forever? how long will you hide your face from me?

[A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.] O God, you are my God; early will I seek you: my soul thirsts for you, my flesh longs for you in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

Whom have I in heaven but you? and there is none upon earth that I desire besides you.

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

My soul longs, yea, even faints for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

I remember the days of old; I meditate on all your works; I ponder on the work of your hands.

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

As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, that you tell him, that I am sick with love.