God made my family strong and secure. [145] He made an agreement with me forever! God made sure this agreement was good and secure in every way. So surely he will give me every victory. He will give me everything I want!
Isaiah 26:8 - Easy To Read Version But Lord, we are waiting for your\par way of justice.\par Our souls want to remember\par you and your name.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Yes, in the path of Your judgments, O Lord, we wait [expectantly] for You; our heartfelt desire is for Your name and for the remembrance of You. American Standard Version (1901) Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Jehovah, have we waited for thee; to thy name, even to thy memorial name, is the desire of our soul. Common English Bible In the path of your justice, LORD, we wait for you; with all our being, we long for your name and your acclaim. Catholic Public Domain Version And in the path of your judgments, O Lord, we have endured for you. Your name and your remembrance are the desire of the soul. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, we have patiently waited for thee: thy name, and thy remembrance are the desire of the soul. |
God made my family strong and secure. [145] He made an agreement with me forever! God made sure this agreement was good and secure in every way. So surely he will give me every victory. He will give me everything I want!
People who obey God’s commands are happy.\par Those people do good things all the time.\par
I am waiting for the Lord to help me.\par My soul waits for him.\par I trust what the Lord says.\par
I was pure and honest with him.\par I kept myself from doing bad things.\par
My soul is thirsty for the Living God.\par When can I go to meet with him?\par
God made the mountains with his power.\par We see his power all around us.\par
God, I have you in heaven.\par And when I am with you,\par what on earth can I want?\par
Lord, I can’t wait to enter your temple.\par I'm so excited!\par Every part of me wants to be with\par the Living God.\par
God also said to Moses, “This is what you should tell the people: ‘YAHWEH [21] is the God of your ancestors, [22] the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. My name will always be YAHWEH. That is how the people will know me for generations and generations to come.’ {Tell the people,} ‘YAHWEH has sent me to you!’”
Then you will say,\par “Praise the Lord!\par Worship his name!\par Tell all people about the things he has done!”\par
Those people will say,\par “People in the east, praise the Lord!\par People in faraway lands,\par praise the name\par of the Lord God of Israel.”\par
Lord, you are my God.\par I honor you and praise your name.\par You have done amazing things.\par The words you said long ago\par are completely true.\par Everything has happened\par exactly as you said it would.\par
At that time, people will say,\par “Here is our God!\par He is the One we have been waiting for.\par He has come to save us.\par We have been waiting for our Lord.\par So we will rejoice and be happy\par when the Lord saves us.”\par
Lord, you are our God.\par But in the past, we followed other lords. {\cf2\super [242]} \par We belonged to other masters.\par But now we want people to remember only one name, your name!\par
The Lord wants to show his mercy to you. The Lord is waiting. The Lord wants to rise and comfort you. The Lord God is fair, and every person that waits for the Lord’s help will be blessed (happy).
“Lord, be kind to us.\par We have waited for your help.\par Lord, give us strength every morning.\par Save us when we are in trouble.\par
Kings will be teachers to your children.\par Kings’ daughters will care for them.\par Those kings and their daughters\par will bow down to you.\par They will kiss the dirt at your feet.\par Then you will know\par that I am the Lord.\par Then you will know\par that any person who trusts in me\par will not be disappointed.”\par
“My people, listen to me!\par My decisions will be like lights\par showing people how to live.\par
The Lord said these things, “Be fair to all people. Do things that are right! Why? Because soon my salvation will come to you. My goodness will soon be shown to the whole world.”
All the people \{from other nations\}\par follow their own gods.\par But we will follow the Lord our God\par forever and ever! {\cf2\super [50]} \par
So I will look to the Lord \{for help\}!\par I will wait for God to save me.\par My God will hear me.\par
“Remember and obey the law of Moses. Moses was my servant. I gave those laws and rules to him at Mount Horeb (Sinai). Those laws are for all the people of Israel.”
So those are the laws and commands that the Lord gave to Moses in the Jordan Valley in Moab by the Jordan River, across from Jericho.
Zechariah and Elizabeth were truly good people before God. They did everything the Lord (God) commanded and told people to do. They were without fault.
One time when Jesus was eating with them, he told them not to leave Jerusalem. Jesus said, “The Father has promised you something; I told you about it before. Wait here \{in Jerusalem\} to receive this promise.
But we are hoping for something that we don’t have yet. We are waiting for it patiently.
We pray that the Lord will lead your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s patience.