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Isaiah 26:8a

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26:8Yes, as your judgments unfold,11

O Lord, we wait for you.

We desire your fame and reputation to grow.12

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Footnotes

  1. 11 The Hebrew text has, “yes, the way of your judgments.” The translation assumes that “way” is related to the verb “we wait” as an adverbial accusative (“in the way of your judgments we wait”). מִשְׁפָּטֶיךָ (mishpatekha, “your judgments”) could refer to the Lord’s commandments, in which case one might translate, “as we obey your commands.” However, in verse 9 the same form refers to divine acts of judgment on evildoers.
  2. 12 Heb “your name and your remembrance [is] the desire of [our?] being.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

In the path of your judgments,

O Lord, we wait for you;

your name and remembrance

are the desire of our soul.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Yes, Lord, walking in the way of your laws,

we wait for you;

your name and renown

are the desire of our hearts.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Yes, Lord, we wait for you

in the path of your judgments.

Our desire is for your name and renown.

NLTNew Living Translation

Lord, we show our trust in you by obeying your laws;

our heart’s desire is to glorify your name.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Surely we wait for you in the path of your judgments, Yahweh,

for your name and renown are the desire of the soul.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.