Yesaya 26:8

26:8 Yes, as your judgments unfold, ¹ 

O Lord, we wait for you.

We desire your fame and reputation to grow. ² 

Yesaya 64:8

64:8 Yet, ³  Lord, you are our father.

We are the clay, and you are our potter;

we are all the product of your labor. ⁴ 

Yesaya 64:12

64:12 In light of all this, ⁵  how can you still hold back, Lord?

How can you be silent and continue to humiliate us?

[26:8]  ¹ tn 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.

[26:8]  ² tn Heb “your name and your remembrance [is] the desire of [our?] being.”

[64:8]  ³ tn On the force of וְעַתָּה (vÿ’attah) here, see HALOT 902 s.v. עַתָּה.

[64:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “the work of your hand.”

[64:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “because of these”; KJV, ASV “for these things.”