O LORD, be gracious to us! We wait for You. Be our strength every morning and our salvation in time of trouble.
Parallel translations
- WEB Yahweh, be gracious to us. We have waited for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
- KJV 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.
- NKJV O Lord, be gracious to us; We have waited for You. Be their arm every morning, Our salvation also in the time of trouble.
- NASB Lord, be gracious to us; we have waited for You. Be their strength every morning, Our salvation also in the time of distress.
- NLT But Lord, be merciful to us, for we have waited for you. Be our strong arm each day and our salvation in times of trouble.
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Quick answer
The people pray for the LORD's grace, asking Him to be their strength each morning and their salvation in trouble. It matters because it models dependent prayer in the face of crisis.
Overview
Turning from woe to prayer, God's people cry for grace, having waited on Him. They ask Him to be their daily strength and their salvation in distress. This humble, trusting petition exemplifies the faith Isaiah commends—looking to the LORD alone—and points to Christ, our strength and salvation.
Cross-references & the web
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- 2 Cor 1:3–4Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,
- Isa 30:18–19Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. Blessed are all who wait for Him.
- Isa 59:16He saw that there was no man; He was amazed that there was no one to intercede. So His own arm brought salvation, and His own righteousness sustained Him.
- Ps 60:11Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.
- Ps 62:8Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah
- Exod 14:27So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea returned to its normal state. As the Egyptians were retreating, the LORD swept them into the sea.
- Ps 130:4–8But with You there is forgiveness, so that You may be feared.
- Lam 3:25–26The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.
- Ps 62:1For the choirmaster. According to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. In God alone my soul finds rest; my salvation comes from Him.
- Isa 25:9And in that day it will be said, “Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited. Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”
- Ps 46:1For the choirmaster. Of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A song. God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.
- Ps 123:2As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are on the LORD our God until He shows us mercy.
- Ps 62:5Rest in God alone, O my soul, for my hope comes from Him.
- Isa 25:4For You have been a refuge for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like rain against a wall,
- Lam 3:23They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!
- Ps 90:15Make us glad for as many days as You have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen evil.
- Ps 37:39The salvation of the righteous is from the LORD; He is their stronghold in time of trouble.
- Isa 26:8Yes, we wait for You, O LORD; we walk in the path of Your judgments. Your name and renown are the desire of our souls.
- Hos 14:2Bring your confessions and return to the LORD. Say to Him: “Take away all our iniquity and receive us graciously, that we may present the fruit of our lips.
- Ps 91:15When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.
- Isa 40:10Behold, the Lord GOD comes with might, and His arm establishes His rule. His reward is with Him, and His recompense accompanies Him.
- Ps 25:3Surely none who wait for You will be put to shame; but those who are faithless without cause will be disgraced.
- Jer 2:27–28say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ For they have turned their backs to Me and not their faces, yet in the time of trouble they beg, ‘Rise up and save us!’
- Isa 26:16O LORD, they sought You in their distress; when You disciplined them, they poured out a quiet prayer.
- Ps 27:13–14Still I am certain to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
- Jer 14:8O Hope of Israel, its Savior in times of distress, why are You like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who stays but a night?
- Ps 46:5God is within her; she will not be moved. God will help her when morning dawns.
- Ps 50:15Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
- Ps 143:8Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul.
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