Isaiah 26:9
I look for you in the night; deep inside me I long for you. When your laws are shown to the earth, then the people of the world learn what is right.
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Numbers 14:21“But even so, as I live and as the whole earth is filled with the Lord's glory,
Psalms 58:11They will say, “There is definitely a reward for those who live right; there is certainly a God who judges fairly on earth.”
Psalms 63:6I think of you all night long as I lie on my bed meditating about you.
Psalms 77:2When I was in trouble I prayed to the Lord. All night long I stretched out my hands to him in prayer but nothing brought me any comfort.
Psalms 83:18Let them understand that you alone, called the Lord, are the Most High who rules over all the earth.
Psalms 130:6I long for the Lord to come, more than watchmen longing for the dawn to come, more than watchmen longing for the dawn to come.
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 →