Isaiah 51:9
Awake, awake, put on strength, arm of the LORD! Awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Isn’t it you who cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the monster?
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Judges 6:13Gideon said to him, “Oh, my lord, if the LORD is with us, why then has all this happened to us? Where are all his wondrous works which our fathers told us of, saying, ‘Didn’t the LORD bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the LORD has cast us off, and delivered us into the hand of Midian.”
Job 26:12He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his understanding he strikes through Rahab.
Psalms 21:13Be exalted, LORD, in your strength, so we will sing and praise your power.
Psalms 44:2You drove out the nations with your hand, but you planted them. You afflicted the peoples, but you spread them abroad.
Psalms 44:24Why do you hide your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression?
Psalms 74:13You divided the sea by your strength. You broke the heads of the sea monsters in 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 →