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Selected Verse: Isaiah 26:7 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Isa 26:7 |
King James |
The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
uprightness--rather, "is direct," that is, is directed by God to a prosperous issue, however many be their afflictions in the meantime (as in the case of the Jewish exiles); the context requires this sense (Psa 34:19; Pro 3:6; Pro 11:5), [MAURER]: thus "way" means God's dealings with the righteous (Psa 37:23).
most upright-- (Deu 32:4).
dost weigh-- (Sa1 2:3; Pro 5:21). Rather, "thou dost make plain and level" [MAURER], removing all obstacles (Isa 40:3-4). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The way of the just is uprightness - The Hebrew is literally, 'The way to the just is uprightness;' the word 'way' probably refers to God's way, or his dealings with the righteous. The sentiment is, that his dealings with them are just; that though they are afflicted and oppressed, yet that his ways are right, and they will yet perceive it. This is language supposed to be used by the captive Jews after they had seen the proud city of Babylon taken, and after God had come forth to restore them to their own land. The word 'uprightness' in the original is in the plural number, but is often used in the sense of straightness Pro 23:31; Sol 7:10; of sincerity, or uprightness Sol 1:4; or of righteousness as a judge Psa 9:9; Psa 58:2; Psa 99:4.
Thou most upright - Evidently an address to God, as being most just, and as having now evinced his uprightness in the deliverance of his people. The same epithet is applied to him in Deu 32:4; Psa 25:8; 92:16.
Dost weigh the path of the just - The word used here (פלס pâlac) may mean to weigh as in a balance Psa 58:3; but it may also mean, and does usually, to make straight or smooth; to beat a path; to make level Psa 78:50; Pro 4:26; Pro 5:21. Here it probably means, that God had made the way smooth, or exactly level. He had removed all obstacles, and had conducted his people in a plain and leveled way (see the notes at Isa 40:3-4). |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| The righteous, who go astray according to the judgment of the world, thus arrive at a goal from which their way appears in a very different light. "The path that the righteous man takes is smoothness; Thou makest the course of the righteous smooth." ישׁר is an accusative predicate: Thou rollest it, i.e., Thou smoothest it, so that it is just as if it had been bevelled with a rule, and leads quite straight (on the derivative peles, a level, see at Job 37:16) and without interruption to the desired end. The song has here fallen into the language of a mashal of Solomon (vid., Pro 4:26; Pro 5:6, Pro 5:21). It pauses here to reflect, as if at the close of a strophe. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Thou - O God, who art upright in all thy ways, and therefore a lover of uprightness, and of all upright men, dost weigh (examine) the path of the just, the course of his actions, and, which is implied, dost approve of them, and therefore direct them to an happy issue. |
3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:
21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.
5 The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:
21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
50 He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;
3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
8 Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.
4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
4 The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
9 The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
4 Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.
10 I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me.
31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
16 Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?