Isaiah 26:9

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“My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.”

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BSBPD

“My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee earnestly: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“<FI> With<Fi> my soul I desired Thee in the night, Also, <FI>with<Fi> my spirit within me I seek Thee earnestly, For when Thy judgments <FI>are<Fi> on the earth, The inhabitants of the world have learned righteousness.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 26:9 — 21 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Numbers 14:21“Yet as surely as I live and as surely as the whole earth is filled with the glory of the LORD,
  2. 1 Chronicles 16:14He is the LORD our God; His judgments carry throughout the earth.
  3. Psalms 58:11Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the earth!”
  4. 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.
  5. Psalms 63:6When I remember You on my bed, I think of You through the watches of the night.
  6. Psalms 64:9Then all mankind will fear and proclaim the work of God; so they will ponder what He has done.
  7. Psalms 77:2In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.
  8. Psalms 78:34When He slew them, they would seek Him; they repented and searched for God.
  9. Psalms 83:18May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.
  10. Psalms 119:62At midnight I rise to give You thanks for Your righteous judgments.
  11. Psalms 130:6My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning— more than watchmen wait for the morning.
  12. Proverbs 8:17I love those who love me, and those who seek me early shall find me.
  13. Song of Solomon 3:1On my bed at night I sought the one I love; I sought him, but did not find him.
  14. Song of Solomon 5:2I sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”
  15. Isaiah 27:9Therefore Jacob’s guilt will be atoned for, and the full fruit of the removal of his sin will be this: When he makes all the altar stones like crushed bits of chalk, no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing.
  16. Isaiah 55:6Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
  17. Hosea 5:15Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”
  18. Matthew 6:33But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
  19. Mark 1:35Early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up and slipped out to a solitary place to pray.
  20. Luke 6:12In those days Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and He spent the night in prayer to God.
  21. Revelation 11:13And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand were killed in the quake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.

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