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

In

Even from antiquity men have not heard, They have not given ear, Eye hath not seen a God save Thee, He doth work for those waiting for Him.

These are the commands and the judgments which Jehovah hath commanded, by the hand of Moses, concerning the sons of Israel, in the plains of Moab, by Jordan, near Jericho.

For He hath known the way with me, He hath tried me -- as gold I go forth.

And I am perfect with him, And I keep myself from mine iniquity.

All this met us, and we did not forget Thee, Nor have we dealt falsely in Thy covenant.

Establishing mountains by His power, He hath been girded with might,

O the happiness of those keeping judgment, Doing righteousness at all times.

Remember ye the law of Moses My servant, That I did command him in Horeb, For all Israel -- statutes and judgments.

and they were both righteous before God, going on in all the commands and righteousnesses of the Lord blameless,

We

And one hath said in that day, 'Lo, this is our God, We waited for Him, and He saveth us, This is Jehovah, we have waited for Him, We joy and rejoice in His salvation.'

And therefore doth wait Jehovah to favour you, And therefore He is exalted to pity you, For a God of judgment is Jehovah, O the blessedness of all waiting for Him.

O Jehovah, favour us, for thee we have waited, Be their arm, in the mornings, Yea, our salvation in time of adversity.

Trust in Jehovah, and do good, Dwell in the land, and enjoy faithfulness,

A Psalm of David, in his being in the wilderness of Judah. O God, Thou art my God, earnestly do I seek Thee, Thirsted for Thee hath my soul, Longed for Thee hath my flesh, In a land dry and weary, without waters.

And I -- in Jehovah I do watch, I do wait for the God of my salvation, Hear me doth my God.

And being assembled together with them, he commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, 'Ye did hear of me;

and if what we do not behold we hope for, through continuance we expect it.

and the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God, and to the endurance of the Christ.

Be patient, then, brethren, till the presence of the Lord; lo, the husbandman doth expect the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it, till he may receive rain -- early and latter;

Desire

For -- not so is my house with God; For -- a covenant age-during He made with me, Arranged in all things, and kept; For -- all my salvation, and all desire, For -- He hath not caused it to spring up.

To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. Till when, O Jehovah, Dost Thou forget me? -- for ever? Till when dost Thou hide Thy face from me?

Whom have I in the heavens? And with Thee none I have desired in earth.

And I say: 'My weakness is, The changes of the right hand of the Most High.'

My soul desired, yea, it hath also been consumed, For the courts of Jehovah, My heart and my flesh cry aloud unto the living God,

I have remembered days of old, I have meditated on all Thine acts, On the work of Thy hand I muse.

Let him kiss me with kisses of his mouth, For better are thy loves than wine.

As a citron among trees of the forest, So is my beloved among the sons, In his shade I delighted, and sat down, And his fruit is sweet to my palate.

I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved -- What do ye tell him? that I am sick with love!