Isaiah 58:13-14 - if you call the Sabbath a delight and the LORD's holy day honorable...

13 "If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath and from doing as you please on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight and the LORD's holy day honorable, and if you honor it by not going your own way and not doing as you please or speaking idle words, 14 then you will find your joy in the LORD, and I will cause you to ride on the heights of the land and to feast on the inheritance of your father Jacob." The mouth of the LORD has spoken.

13If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: 14Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.

13"If because of the sabbath, you turn your foot From doing your own pleasure on My holy day, And call the sabbath a delight, the holy day of the LORD honorable, And honor it, desisting from your own ways, From seeking your own pleasure And (speaking your own word, 14Then you will take delight in the LORD, And I will make you ride on the heights of the earth; And I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father, For the mouth of the LORD has spoken."

Isaiah 58:13-14

Commentary

If God's people respect the Sabbath by abstaining from business or selfish pleasure, if they consider it a delight to honor God's holy day, then they will delight ... in the Lord who gave the day, and He will give them a place of leadership in the earth and the heritage that God promised to Jacob. Nothing can hinder this because the mouth of the Lord has spoken. 

Commentary, p. 64. MacDonald, W., & Farstad, A. (1997, c1995). Believer's Bible Commentary : Old and New Testaments (Is 58:13). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.

Did you know?

After the destruction of the temple, Sabbath observance became an identifying mark of the Lord's people.

Thomas Nelson, I. (1997, c1995). Woman's study Bible . (Is 58:13). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.

Psalm 143:10 - may Your good Spirit lead me on level ground

Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground.

Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.

Teach me to do Your will, For You are my God; Let Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.

Psalm 143:10

Commentary

The psalmist not only wanted to know the will of God (v. 8b), he also wanted a heart trained to obey that will. God, after all, was his God, and what could be more proper than for the creature to obey his Creator? Everyone has his ups and downs in life, but not everyone has as rocky a road as David. His desire here is that the Lord's good Spirit will lead him over smoother terrain, free from the extreme forms of danger and disaster to which he had been exposed.

MacDonald, W., & Farstad, A. (1997, c1995). Believer's Bible Commentary : Old and New Testaments (Ps 143:10). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.