Isaiah 25:4
For You have been a stronghold for the poor, || A stronghold for the needy in his distress, || A refuge from storm, a shadow from heat, || When the spirit of the terrible [is] as a storm—a wall.
Literal Standard Version
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In Context
3Therefore a strong people honors You, || A city of the terrible nations fears You.
Cross References
Job 5:15He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth, || And from a strong hand,
Psalms 12:5Because of the spoiling of the poor, || Because of the groaning of the needy, || Now I arise, says YHWH, || I set in safety [him who] breathes for it.
Psalms 72:4He judges the poor of the people, || Gives deliverance to the sons of the needy, || And bruises the oppressor.
Psalms 91:1He who is dwelling || In the secret place of the Most High, || Habitually lodges in the shade of the Mighty,
Psalms 119:31I have adhered to Your testimonies, || O YHWH, do not put me to shame.
Isaiah 4:6And a covering may be, || For a shadow from drought by day, || And for a refuge, and for a hiding place, || From inundation and from rain!
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 25:2-6
A Song of Praise. ( b. c. 718.) 1 O Lord , thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. 2 For thou hast made of a city a heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built. 3 Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee. 4 For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the… Read the whole commentary →