Isaiah 26:9
With my soul have I desired you in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek you early: for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
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Numbers 14:21But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD.
Psalms 58:11So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judges in the earth.
Psalms 63:6When I remember you upon my bed, and meditate on you in the night watches.
Psalms 77:2In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.
Psalms 83:18That men may know that you, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, are the most high over all the earth.
Psalms 130:6My soul waits for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch 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 →