Isaiah 26:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
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“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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Also, <FI>in<Fi> the path of Thy judgments, O Jehovah, we have waited <FI>for<Fi> Thee, To Thy name and to Thy remembrance <FI>Is<Fi> the desire of the soul.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Isaiah 26:8 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 3:15God also told Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’ This is My name forever, and this is how I am to be remembered in every generation.
- Numbers 36:13These are the commandments and ordinances that the LORD gave the Israelites through Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.
- 2 Samuel 23:5Is not my house right with God? For He has established with me an everlasting covenant, ordered and secured in every part. Will He not bring about my full salvation and my every desire?
- Job 23:10Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
- Psalms 13:1How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
- Psalms 18:23And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity.
- Psalms 37:3Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.
- Psalms 42:2My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come and appear in God’s presence?
- Psalms 44:17All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten You or betrayed Your covenant.
- Psalms 63:1O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.
- Psalms 65:6You formed the mountains by Your power, having girded Yourself with might.
- Psalms 73:25Whom have I in heaven but You? And on earth I desire no one besides You.
- Psalms 77:10So I said, “I am grieved that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”
- Psalms 84:2My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
- Psalms 106:3Blessed are those who uphold justice, who practice righteousness at all times.
- Psalms 143:5I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your works; I consider the work of Your hands.
- Song of Solomon 1:2Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is more delightful than wine.
- Song of Solomon 2:3Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
- Song of Solomon 5:8O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love.
- Isaiah 12:4and on that day you will say: “Give praise to the LORD; proclaim His name! Make His works known among the peoples; declare that His name is exalted.
- Isaiah 25:9And in that day it will be said, “Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited. Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”
- Isaiah 30:18Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. Blessed are all who wait for Him.
- Isaiah 33:2O LORD, be gracious to us! We wait for You. Be our strength every morning and our salvation in time of trouble.
- Isaiah 56:1This is what the LORD says: “Maintain justice and do what is right, for My salvation is coming soon, and My righteousness will be revealed.
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