Isaiah 26:8

“Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, have we waited for thee, &c.] Meaning by “judgments” either the ministration of the word and ordinances, called statutes and judgments, (<19E719>Psalm 147:19,20 19:9,10) an attendance on which is the right way of waiting upon God, and where it may be expected he will be found and manifest himself, and favour with his gracious presence; or else the corrections and chastisements, which are done in wisdom and with judgment, in measure and in mercy, and in a fatherly way, and for good; and so the sense is, that they had not only followed the Lord in a plain and even way, but even in the more rugged paths of afflictive dispensations; nor did these things…”

“way of thy judgments--We have waited for Thy proceeding to punish the enemy (Isa 26:9-10) [MAURER]. HORSLEY translates Isa 26:7-8, "The path of the Just One is perfectly even; an even road Thou wilt level for the Just One, even the path of Thy laws, O Jehovah. We have expected Thee." name . . . remembrance--the manifested character of God by which He would be remembered (Isa 64:5; Exo 3:15).”

“26:8 we show our trust (see 26:3-4; literally we wait for you): Waiting involves trust in the Lord and longing for his redemption. • People express their commitment to God by obeying his laws; mere lip service is not sufficient.”

“in: Isa 64:4, Isa 64:5; Num 36:13; Job 23:10-12; Psa 18:23, Psa 44:17, Psa 44:18, Psa 65:6, Psa 106:3; Mal 4:4; Luk 1:6 we: Isa 25:9, Isa 30:18, Isa 33:2; Psa 37:3-7, Psa 63:1; Mic 7:7; Act 1:4; Rom 8:25; Th2 3:5; Jam 5:7-11 desire: Sa2 23:5; Psa 13:1, Psa 13:2, Psa 63:1-3, Psa 73:25, Psa 77:10-12, Psa 84:2, Psa 143:5, Psa 143:6; Sol 1:2-4, Sol 2:3-5, Sol 5:8 Isaiah 26:9”

“It then commences again in a lyrical tone in Isa 26:8 and Isa 26:9 : "We have also waited for Thee, that Thou shouldest come in the path of Thy judgments; the desire of the soul went after Thy name, and after Thy remembrance. With my soul I desired Thee in the night; yea, with my spirit deep within me, I longed to have Thee here: for when Thy judgments strike the earth, the inhabitants of the earth learn righteousness." In the opinion of Hitzig, Knobel, Drechsler, and others, the prophet here comes back from the ideal to the actual present. But this is not the case. The church of the last days, looking back to the past, declares with what longing it has waited for that manifestation of the…”