Isaiah 26:8

World English Bible (2000)

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַ֣ף אֹ֧רַח מִשְׁפָּטֶ֛יךָ יְהוָ֖ה קִוִּינ֑וּךָ לְשִׁמְךָ֥ וּֽלְזִכְרְךָ֖ תַּאֲוַת־נָֽפֶשׁ׃

Transliteration

Also ʾōraḥ of mišpāṭeḵā YHWH qiwwînûḵā; to šimḵā and to ziḵreḵā taʾăwat-nāpeš.

Grammar Details

• *ʾap*: conjunction - 'also/indeed/even'
• *ʾōraḥ*: masculine singular construct - 'path of'
• *mišpāṭeḵā*: masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'your judgments'
• *YHWH*: divine name - 'YHWH'
• *qiwwînûḵā*: piel perfect 1st person plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'we have waited for you'
• *lešimḵā*: preposition with masculine singular noun and 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'for your name'
• *ûleziḵreḵā*: conjunction, preposition with masculine singular noun and 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'and for your remembrance'
• *taʾăwat-nāpeš*: feminine singular construct with feminine singular noun - 'desire of soul'

Word Meanings

• *mišpāṭeḵā*: judgments/ordinances/decisions/justice
• *qiwwînûḵā*: waited for/expected/looked for/hoped in
• *ziḵreḵā*: remembrance/memorial/memory
• *taʾăwat*: desire/longing/craving
• *nāpeš*: soul/life/self/desire/appetite/mind

Referenced Verses

• Exod 3:15 : 15 God said moreover to Moses, "You shall tell the children of Israel this, 'Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.' This is my name forever, and this is my memorial to all generations.
• Num 36:13 : 13 These are the commandments and the ordinances which Yahweh commanded by Moses to the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
• 2 Sam 23:5 : 5 Most certainly my house is not so with God, yet he has made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure, for it is all my salvation, and all [my] desire, although he doesn't make it grow.
• Job 23:10-12 : 10 But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I shall come forth like gold. 11 My foot has held fast to his steps. I have kept his way, and not turned aside. 12 I haven't gone back from the commandment of his lips. I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
• Ps 13:1-2 : 1 How long, Yahweh? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? 2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart every day? How long shall my enemy triumph over me?
• Ps 18:23 : 23 I was also blameless with him. I kept myself from my iniquity.
• Ps 37:3-7 : 3 Trust in Yahweh, and do good. Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe pasture. 4 Also delight yourself in Yahweh, and he will give you the desires of your heart. 5 Commit your way to Yahweh. Trust also in him, and he will do this: 6 he will make your righteousness go forth as the light, and your justice as the noon day sun. 7 Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don't fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.
• Ps 44:17-18 : 17 All this has come on us, yet have we not forgotten you, Neither have we been false to your covenant. 18 Our heart has not turned back, neither have our steps strayed from your path,
• Ps 63:1-3 : 1 God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water. 2 So I have seen you in the sanctuary, watching your power and your glory. 3 Because your loving kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise you.
• Ps 65:6 : 6 Who by his power forms the mountains, having armed yourself with strength;
• Ps 73:25 : 25 Who do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth who I desire besides you.
• Ps 77:10-12 : 10 Then I thought, "I will appeal to this: the years of the right hand of the Most High." 11 I will remember Yah's deeds; for I will remember your wonders of old. 12 I will also meditate on all your work, and consider your doings.
• Ps 84:2 : 2 My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of Yahweh. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
• Ps 106:3 : 3 Blessed are those who keep justice. Blessed is one who does what is right at all times.
• Ps 143:5-6 : 5 I remember the days of old. I meditate on all your doings. I contemplate the work of your hands. 6 I spread forth my hands to you. My soul thirsts for you, like a parched land. Selah.
• Song 1:2-4 : 2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; for your love is better than wine. 3 Your oils have a pleasing fragrance. Your name is oil poured forth, therefore the virgins love you. 4 Take me away with you. Let us hurry. The king has brought me into his rooms. Friends We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will praise your love more than wine! Beloved They are right to love you.
• Song 2:3-5 : 3 As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, his fruit was sweet to my taste. 4 He brought me to the banquet hall. His banner over me is love. 5 Strengthen me with raisins, refresh me with apples; For I am faint with love.
• Song 5:8 : 8 I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, that you tell him that I am faint with love. Friends
• Isa 12:4 : 4 In that day you will say, "Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name. Declare his doings among the peoples. Proclaim that his name is exalted!
• Isa 25:9 : 9 It shall be said in that day, "Behold, this is our God! We have waited for him, and he will save us! This is Yahweh! We have waited for him. We will be glad and rejoice in his salvation!"
• Isa 30:18 : 18 Therefore Yahweh will wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy on you, for Yahweh is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him.
• Isa 33:2 : 2 Yahweh, be gracious to us. We have waited for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
• Isa 56:1 : 1 Thus says Yahweh, "Keep justice, and do righteousness; for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
• Isa 64:4-5 : 4 For from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither has the eye seen a God besides you, who works for him who waits for him. 5 You meet him who rejoices and works righteousness, those who remember you in your ways. Behold, you were angry, and we sinned. We have been in sin for a long time; and shall we be saved?
• Mic 7:7 : 7 But as for me, I will look to Yahweh. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
• Mal 4:4 : 4 "Remember the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded to him in Horeb for all Israel, even statutes and ordinances.
• Luke 1:6 : 6 They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.
• Acts 1:4 : 4 Being assembled together with them, he commanded them, "Don't depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which you heard from me.
• Rom 8:25 : 25 But if we hope for that which we don't see, we wait for it with patience.
• 2 Thess 3:5 : 5 May the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of Christ.
• Jas 5:7-9 : 7 Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain. 8 You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand. 9 Don't grumble, brothers, against one another, so that you won't be judged. Behold, the judge stands at the door. 10 Take, brothers, for an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. 11 Behold, we call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the Lord in the outcome, and how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.