Isaiah 51:9
Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of YHWH, || Awake, as [in] days of old, generations of the ages, || Are You not it that is hewing down Rahab, || Piercing a dragon?
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Judges 6:13And Gideon says to Him, “O my Lord, [if] YHWH is indeed with us, then why has all this found us? And where [are] all His wonders which our fathers recounted to us, saying, Has YHWH not brought us up out of Egypt? And now YHWH has left us, and gives us into the hand of Midian.”
Job 26:12By His power He has quieted the sea, || And by His understanding struck the proud.
Psalms 21:13Be exalted, O YHWH, in Your strength, || We sing and we praise Your might!
Psalms 44:2You, [with] Your hand, have dispossessed nations. And You plant them. You afflict peoples, and send them away.
Psalms 44:24Why do You hide Your face? You forget our afflictions and our oppression,
Psalms 74:13You have divided [the] sea by Your strength, || You have shattered heads of dragons by the waters,
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 51:5-9
Encouragement to the Disconsolate. ( b. c. 706.) 4 Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people. 5 My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust. 6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a… Read the whole commentary →