Isaiah 26:9

"Yes, in the way of your judgments, LORD, we have waited for you. Your name and your renown are the desire of our soul."

Key Reflection

This verse expresses a profound longing for God's justice and presence. The people acknowledge that they have endured trials as part of God’s judgments, but in doing so, they have remained faithful, waiting for Him to act with righteousness and reveal His divine name and glory.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

With my soul ... in the night -By desiring God in the night, and by seeking him early, is meant that the desire to seek him was unremitted and constant. The prophet speaks of the pious Jews who were in captivity in Babylon; and says that it was the object of their unremitted anxiety to please God, and to do his will. For when thy judgments are in the earth -This is given as a reason for what had just been said, that in their calamity they had sought God without ceasing. The reason is, that the punishments which he inflicted were intended to lead people to learn righteousness.

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