Isaiah 26:9
My soul hath desired thee in the night: yea, and with my spirit within me in the morning early I will watch to thee. When thou shalt do thy judgments on the earth, the inhabitants of the world shall learn justice.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Numbers 14:21As I live: and the whole earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord.
Psalms 58:11The just shall rejoice when he shall see the revenge: he shall wash his hands in the blood of the sinner.
Psalms 63:6Let my soul be filled as with marrow and fatness: and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips.
Psalms 77:2I cried to the Lord with my voice; to God with my voice, and he gave ear to me.
Psalms 83:18Let them be ashamed and troubled for ever and ever: and let them be confounded and perish.
Psalms 130:6Let them be as grass on the tops of houses: which withered before it be plucked up:
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 26:6-12
The Goodness and Justice of God. ( b. c. 718.) 5 For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust. 6 The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy. 7 The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just. 8 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.… Read the whole commentary →