Isaiah 33:2
1 Woe to you, O destroyer never destroyed, O traitor never betrayed! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you have finished betraying, you will be betrayed.
O LORD, be gracious to us! We wait for You. Be our strength every morning and our salvation in time of trouble.
3 The peoples flee the thunder of Your voice; the nations scatter when You rise.
4 Your spoil, O nations, is gathered as by locusts; like a swarm of locusts men sweep over it.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- O LORD, be gracious to us! We wait for You. Be our strength every morning and our salvation in time of trouble.
- KJV
- O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
- WEB
- LORD, be gracious to us. We have waited for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
- ASV
- O Jehovah, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou our arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
- DARBY
- Jehovah, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be their arm every morning, yea, our salvation in the time of trouble.
- BLB
- O YHWH, show favor to us; we wait for You! Be their arm in the mornings, also our salvation in the time of distress.
- ÅB
- Herre, vær oss nådig! På deg bier vi; vær vår arm hver morgen, ja vår frelse i nødens tid!
- OTB
- Herre, vær nådig mot oss; vi har ventet på deg. Vær vår styrke hver morgen, vår frelse i tider med nød.
- B1930
- Herre, vær oss nådig! På dig bier vi; vær vår arm hver morgen, ja vår frelse i nødens tid!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Corinthians 1:3–4
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,
Read in contextIsaiah 30:18–19
Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. Blessed are all who wait for Him.
Read in contextIsaiah 59:16
He saw that there was no man; He was amazed that there was no one to intercede. So His own arm brought salvation, and His own righteousness sustained Him.
Read in contextPsalms 62:8
Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah
Read in contextPsalms 60:11
Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.
Read in contextPsalms 130:4–8
But with You there is forgiveness, so that You may be feared.
Read in contextPsalms 46:1
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.
Read in contextIsaiah 25:9
And in that day it will be said, “Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited. Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”
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