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Isaiah 26:8

Yes, we wait for You, O LORD; we walk in the path of Your judgments. Your name and renown are the desire of our souls.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Desire;   Faith;   Holiness;   Seekers;   Waiting;   Scofield Reference Index - Day (of Jehovah);   Thompson Chain Reference - Patience;   Patience-Impatience;   Waiting for God;   The Topic Concordance - Desire;   Judges;   Learning;   Righteousness;   Waiting;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Waiting upon God;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Hope;   Person, Personhood;   Providence of God;   Soul;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Sanctification;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Isaiah;   Nehemiah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ancient of Days;   Isaiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Isaiah, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Desire;   First and Last ;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Isaiah;   Memorial;   Way;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for December 28;   Every Day Light - Devotion for May 3;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Yes, Lord, we wait for youin the path of your judgments.Our desire is for your name and renown.
Hebrew Names Version
Yes, in the way of your judgments, the LORD, have we waited for you; to your name, even to your memorial [name], is the desire of our soul.
King James Version
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.
English Standard Version
In the path of your judgments, O Lord , we wait for you; your name and remembrance are the desire of our soul.
New American Standard Bible
Indeed, while following the way of Your judgments, LORD, We have waited for You eagerly; Your name, and remembering You, is the desire of our souls.
New Century Version
But, Lord , we are waiting for your way of justice. Our souls want to remember you and your name.
Amplified Bible
Indeed, in the path of Your judgments, O LORD, We have waited expectantly for You; Your name, even Your memory, is the desire and deep longing of our souls.
World English Bible
Yes, in the way of your judgments, Yahweh, have we waited for you; to your name, even to your memorial [name], is the desire of our soul.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Also we, O Lorde, haue waited for thee in the way of thy iudgemets: the desire of our soule is to thy Name, and to the remembrance of thee.
Legacy Standard Bible
Indeed, while following the way of Your judgments, O Yahweh,We have hoped for You eagerly;Your name—the memory of You—is the desire of our souls.
Contemporary English Version
You are the one we trust to bring about justice; above all else we want your name to be honored.
Complete Jewish Bible
Following the way of your judgments, we put our hope in you. The desire of all our soul is to remember you and your name.
Darby Translation
Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Jehovah, have we waited for thee; the desire of [our] soul is to thy name, and to thy memorial.
Easy-to-Read Version
But, Lord , we are waiting for your way of justice. We want to honor you and your name.
George Lamsa Translation
Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is for thy name, and to remembrance of thee.
Good News Translation
We follow your will and put our hope in you; you are all that we desire.
Lexham English Bible
Surely we wait for you in the path of your judgments, Yahweh, for your name and renown are the desire of the soul.
Literal Translation
Yea, Jehovah, in the path of Your judgments we awaited You; for Your name and for Your memory is the desire of our soul.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Therfore (LORDE) we haue a respecte vnto the waye of thy iudgmentes, thy name and thy remebraunce reioyse the soule.
American Standard Version
Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Jehovah, have we waited for thee; to thy name, even to thy memorial name, is the desire of our soul.
Bible in Basic English
We have been waiting for you, O Lord; the desire of our soul is for the memory of your name.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Yea, in the way of Thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for Thee; to Thy name and to Thy memorial is the desire of our soul.
King James Version (1611)
Yea in the way of thy Iudgements, O Lord, haue we waited for thee; the desire of our soule is to thy Name, and to the remembrance of thee.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Yea in the way of thy iudgementes, O Lord, haue we put our trust in thee: thy name also and the remembraunce of thee, is the thing that our soule longeth for.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For the way of the Lord is judgement: we have hoped in thy name, and on the remembrance of thee,
English Revised Version
Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; to thy name and to thy memorial is the desire of our soul.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And in the weie of thi domes, Lord, we suffriden thee; thi name, and thi memorial is in desir of soule.
Update Bible Version
Yes, in the way of your judgments, O Yahweh, we have waited for you; to your name, even to your memorial [name], is the desire of our soul.
Webster's Bible Translation
Yes, 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.
New English Translation
Yes, as your judgments unfold, O Lord , we wait for you. We desire your fame and reputation to grow.
New King James Version
Yes, in the way of Your judgments, O LORD, we have waited for You; The desire of our soul is for Your name And for the remembrance of You.
New Living Translation
Lord , we show our trust in you by obeying your laws; our heart's desire is to glorify your name.
New Life Bible
While following in Your ways, O Lord, we have waited for You. To remember You and Your name is the desire of our souls.
New Revised Standard
In the path of your judgments, O Lord , we wait for you; your name and your renown are the soul's desire.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Surely in the path of thy regulations, O Yahweh, we waited for thee, - Unto thy Name and unto thy Memorial, was there a longing of soul:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, we have patiently waited for thee: thy name, and thy remembrance are the desire of the soul.
Revised Standard Version
In the path of thy judgments, O LORD, we wait for thee; thy memorial name is the desire of our soul.
Young's Literal Translation
Also, [in] the path of Thy judgments, O Jehovah, we have waited [for] Thee, To Thy name and to Thy remembrance [Is] the desire of the soul.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Indeed, while following the way of Your judgments, O LORD, We have waited for You eagerly; Your name, even Your memory, is the desire of our souls.

Contextual Overview

5For He has humbled those who dwell on high-He lays the lofty city low. He brings it down to the ground; He casts it into the dust. 6Feet trample it down-the feet of the oppressed, the steps of the poor. 7The path of the righteous is level; You clear a straight path for the righteous. 8Yes, we wait for You, O LORD; we walk in the path of Your judgments. Your name and renown are the desire of our souls.9My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit within me diligently seeks You. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness. 10Though grace is shown to the wicked man, he does not learn righteousness. In the land of righteousness he acts unjustly and fails to see the majesty of the LORD. 11O LORD, Your hand is upraised, but they do not see it. They will see Your zeal for Your people, and be put to shame. The fire set for Your enemies will consume them!

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

in: Isaiah 64:4, Isaiah 64:5, Numbers 36:13, Job 23:10-12, Psalms 18:23, Psalms 44:17, Psalms 44:18, Psalms 65:6, Psalms 106:3, Malachi 4:4, Luke 1:6

we: Isaiah 25:9, Isaiah 30:18, Isaiah 33:2, Psalms 37:3-7, Psalms 63:1, Micah 7:7, Acts 1:4, Romans 8:25, 2 Thessalonians 3:5, James 5:7-11

desire: 2 Samuel 23:5, Psalms 13:1, Psalms 13:2, Psalms 63:1-3, Psalms 73:25, Psalms 77:10-12, Psalms 84:2, Psalms 143:5, Psalms 143:6, Song of Solomon 1:2-4, Song of Solomon 2:3-5, Song of Solomon 5:8

Reciprocal: Genesis 8:10 - stayed Genesis 8:12 - And he Leviticus 20:22 - judgments 2 Chronicles 15:15 - sought him Nehemiah 1:11 - who desire Job 23:3 - Oh that Psalms 19:9 - judgments Psalms 27:14 - Wait Psalms 42:1 - so panteth Psalms 48:9 - in the Psalms 119:39 - for thy Psalms 119:131 - opened Psalms 119:175 - and let thy Psalms 130:5 - I wait Proverbs 18:1 - intermeddleth Ecclesiastes 12:1 - Remember Song of Solomon 2:5 - Stay Song of Solomon 5:4 - my bowels Isaiah 8:17 - I will Isaiah 56:1 - Keep Jeremiah 3:17 - to the name Zephaniah 2:1 - desired Zechariah 11:11 - that waited Malachi 3:16 - that thought Matthew 26:41 - the spirit John 4:23 - true 1 Corinthians 11:24 - in remembrance 2 Corinthians 7:11 - vehement

Cross-References

Genesis 26:18
Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died. And he gave these wells the same names his father had given them.
Genesis 26:19
Then Isaac's servants dug in the valley and found a well of fresh water there.
Judges 5:28
Sisera's mother looked through the window; she peered through the lattice and lamented: 'Why is his chariot so long in coming? What has delayed the clatter of his chariots?'
Proverbs 7:6
For at the window of my house I looked through the lattice.
Ecclesiastes 9:9
Enjoy life with your beloved wife all the days of the fleeting life which has been given to you under the sun-all your fleeting days. For this is your portion in life and in your labor under the sun.
Song of Solomon 2:9
My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.
Isaiah 62:5
For as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you; and as a groom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, have we waited for thee,.... Meaning by "judgments" either the ministration of the word and ordinances, called statutes and judgments,

Psalms 147:19 an attendance on which is the right way of waiting upon God, and where it may be expected he will be found and manifest himself, and favour with his gracious presence; or else the corrections and chastisements, which are done in wisdom and with judgment, in measure and in mercy, and in a fatherly way, and for good; and so the sense is, that they had not only followed the Lord in a plain and even way, but even in the more rugged paths of afflictive dispensations; nor did these things at all move them from their duty to him, and worship of him:

the desire of [our] soul [is] to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee; to God himself, and to a remembrance of his nature, perfections, and works; to Christ, whose name is as ointment poured forth, and whose person is desirable, because of his glory, beauty, and fulness, because of his offices, and blessings of grace; and to his Gospel, which publishes and proclaims him, his grace, and salvation; and to his ordinances, which refresh the memory of his people concerning him, and his love to them shown in what he has done and suffered for them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Yea, in the way of thy judgements - The word ‘judgments’ often refers to the statutes or laws of God. But it may also refer to the afflictions and trials with which he visits or judges people; the punishments which they endure for their sins. In which sense the word is used here it is not easy to determine. Lowth understands it of the ‘laws’ of Yahweh. So Kimchi, who says that the sense is, that during their captivity and trials, they had not remitted anything of their love and piety toward God. I am inclined to the belief that this is the true interpretation, because in the corresponding member of the parallelism they are represented as saying that the desire of their soul was to God, and to the remembrance of him, implying that they sought by an observance of his laws to please him, and to secure his favor.

The desire of our soul is to thy name - The word ‘name’ is used here, as it is often, to denote God himself. They desired that he would come and deliver them; they earnestly wished that he would manifest himself to them as their friend.

And to the remembrance of thee - The word ‘remembrance’ (זכר zēker) is often equivalent to name, appellation, or that by which anyone is remembered, or known. Thus Exodus 3:15 :

This is my name for ever;

And this is my memorial זכרי zikeriy unto all generations.

So Psalms 30:4 :

Sing unto Yahweh, O ye saints of his;

And give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness;

That is, at his holy memorial (Margin,) or name. In the place before us it seems to be used in the sense of name or appellation; that is, that by which God would be remembered or known.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Isaiah 26:8. Have we waited for thee - "We have placed our confidence in thy name"] The Septuagint, Syriac, and Chaldee read קוינו kavinu, without the pronoun annexed.


 
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