Isaiah 63:9

God's presence Suffering God's love Salvation

⁷ I will make known the LORD’s loving devotion and His praiseworthy acts, because of all that the LORD has done for us— the many good things for the house of Israel according to His great compassion and loving devotion.

⁸ For He said, “They are surely My people, sons who will not be disloyal.” So He became their Savior.

In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.

¹⁰ But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit. So He turned and became their enemy, and He Himself fought against them.

¹¹ Then His people remembered the days of old, the days of Moses. Where is He who brought them through the sea with the shepherds of His flock? Where is the One who set His Holy Spirit among them,

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
KJV: In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
WEB: In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them. In his love and in his pity he redeemed them. He bore them, and carried them all the days of old.
ASV: In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
DARBY: In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the Angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bore them and carried them all the days of old.
BLB: In all their distress, he was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them; in His love and in His compassion He redeemed them, and He lifted them and carried them all the days of old.

ÅB: I all deres trengsel var det ingen trengsel, og hans åsyns engel frelste dem; i sin kjærlighet og sin store mildhet gjenløste han dem, og han tok dem opp og bar dem alle den gamle tids dager.
OTB: I all deres lidelse led han også, og hans nærværs engel frelste dem. I sin kjærlighet og barmhjertighet gjenløste han dem; han løftet dem opp og bar dem gjennom de gamle dager.
B1930: I all deres trengsel var det ingen trengsel, og hans åsyns engel frelste dem; i sin kjærlighet og sin store mildhet gjenløste han dem, og han tok dem op og bar dem alle den gamle tids dager.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Exodus 33:14
And the LORD answered, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
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Exodus 23:20–21
Behold, I am sending an angel before you to protect you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.
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Malachi 3:1
“Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says the LORD of Hosts.
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Acts 12:11
Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from Herod’s grasp and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating.”
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Exodus 14:19
And the angel of God, who had gone before the camp of Israel, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from before them and stood behind them,
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Deuteronomy 7:7–8
The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than the other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.
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Acts 7:34–35
I have indeed seen the oppression of My people in Egypt. I have heard their groaning and have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you back to Egypt.’
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Deuteronomy 1:31
and in the wilderness, where the LORD your God carried you, as a man carries his son, all the way by which you traveled until you reached this place.”
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