KJV King James Version
With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments [are] in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
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Isaiah 26:9
With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments [are] in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.
WEB World English Bible
With my soul have I desired you in the night. Yes, with my spirit within me will I seek you earnestly; for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
ASV American Standard Version
With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee earnestly: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
With my soul I desired Thee in the night, Also, with my spirit within me I seek Thee earnestly, For when Thy judgments are on the earth, The inhabitants of the world have learned righteousness.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 26
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.
9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments [are] in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
10 Let favour be shewed to the wicked, [yet] will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.
11 LORD, [when] thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: [but] they shall see, and be ashamed for [their] envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.
12 LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
נַפְשִׁ֤יH5315 · ne.pheshsoulאִוִּיתִ֙יךָ֙H183 · a.vahto desireבַּלַּ֔יְלָהH3915 · lay.lahnightאַף־H637 · aphalsoרוּחִ֥יH7307 · ru.achspiritבְקִרְבִּ֖יH7130 · qe.reventrails: amongאֲשַֽׁחֲרֶ֑ךָּH7836 · sha.charto seekכִּ֞יH3588 · kiforכַּאֲשֶׁ֤רH834 · a.sherwhichמִשְׁפָּטֶ֙יךָ֙H4941 · mish.patjustice: judgementלָאָ֔רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetצֶ֥דֶקH6664 · tse.deqrighteousnessלָמְד֖וּH3925 · la.madto learn: teachיֹשְׁבֵ֥יH3427 · ya.shavto dwellתֵבֵֽל׃H8398 · te.velworld
Cross-references
Matthew 6:33But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.Psalm 63:1A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou [art] my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;Psalm 119:62At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.Song of Solomon 3:1-4By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.Psalm 63:6-7When I remember thee upon my bed, [and] meditate on thee in the [night] watches.Revelation 11:13And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.Mark 1:35And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.Luke 6:12And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.Psalm 58:11So that a man shall say, Verily [there is] a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.Isaiah 55:6Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:Proverbs 8:17I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.Psalm 77:2-3In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.Psalm 83:18That [men] may know that thou, whose name alone [is] JEHOVAH, [art] the most high over all the earth.Psalm 64:9And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing.Hosea 5:15I will go [and] return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.Song of Solomon 5:2-8I sleep, but my heart waketh: [it is] the voice of my beloved that knocketh, [saying], Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, [and] my locks with the drops of the night.Isaiah 27:9By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this [is] all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.Psalm 130:6My soul [waiteth] for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: [I say, more than] they that watch for the morning.
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