Isaiah 26:9
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 learn righteousness.
Revised Version 1895
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Numbers 14:21but in very deed, as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD;
Psalms 58:11So that men shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.
Psalms 63:6When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.
Psalms 77:2In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my hand was stretched out in the night, and slacked not; my soul refused to be comforted.
Psalms 83:18That they may know that thou alone, whose name is JEHOVAH, art the Most High over all the earth.
Psalms 130:6My soul looketh for the Lord, more than watchmen look for the morning; yea, more than watchmen for the morning.
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 →