Isaiah 26:9
With my soul I have desired you in the night. Yes, with my spirit within me I will seek you earnestly; for when your judgements are on the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
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Numbers 14:21but in very deed—as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with the LORD’s glory—
Psalms 58:11so that men shall say, “Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous. Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth.”
Psalms 63:6when I remember you on my bed, and think about you 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 didn’t get tired. My soul refused to be comforted.
Psalms 83:18that they may know that you alone, whose name is the LORD, are the Most High over all the earth.
Psalms 130:6My soul longs for the Lord more than watchmen long for the morning, 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 →