Isaiah 33:2

O Lord, take pity on us. For we have waited for you. Be our arm in the morning and our salvation in the time of tribulation.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1Woe to you who plunder! Will you yourselves not also be plundered? And woe to you who despise! Will you yourselves not also be despised? When you will have completed your plundering, you will be plundered. When, out of fatigue, you will have ceased acting with contempt, you will be treated with contempt.

3From the voice of the Angel, the people fled. And from your exultation, the nations were scattered.

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Cross References

Psalms 25:3For your mercy is before my eyes, and I am serene in your truth.

Psalms 33:22The death of a sinner is very harmful, and those who hate the just will fare badly.

Psalms 46:1Unto the end. A Psalm for the sons of Korah.

Psalms 50:15I will teach the unjust your ways, and the impious will be converted to you.

Psalms 62:1A Psalm of David, when he was in the desert of Idumea.

Psalms 62:8For you have been my helper. And I will exult under the cover of your wings.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 33:2-13

Assyria Threatened. ( b. c. 710.) 1 Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee. 2 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. 3 At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself… Read the whole commentary →

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