Truly You are a God who hides Himself, O God of Israel, the Savior.
Parallel translations
- WEB Most certainly you are a God who has hidden yourself, God of Israel, the Savior.’”
- KJV Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.
- NKJV Truly You are God, who hide Yourself, O God of Israel, the Savior!
- NASB Truly, You are a God who hides Himself, God of Israel, Savior!
- NLT Truly, O God of Israel, our Savior, you work in mysterious ways.
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Quick answer
God is a Savior who often hides himself, working out salvation in ways not immediately visible. Faith trusts him in the dark.
Overview
Marveling at how God redeems through unexpected means like Cyrus, the confession acknowledges a God who veils his workings yet remains 'the Savior.' His ways are hidden but never absent. This hiddenness finds its deepest expression at the cross, where God saved the world through apparent defeat.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 19
- Isa 8:17I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.
- Ps 44:24Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression?
- Isa 57:17I was enraged by his sinful greed, so I struck him and hid My face in anger; yet he kept turning back to the desires of his heart.
- Isa 46:13I am bringing My righteousness near; it is not far away, and My salvation will not be delayed. I will grant salvation to Zion and adorn Israel with My splendor.
- Ps 77:19Your path led through the sea, Your way through the mighty waters, but Your footprints were not to be found.
- Rom 11:33–34O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
- Isa 45:17But Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation; you will not be put to shame or humiliated, to ages everlasting.
- John 4:22You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.
- Ps 68:26Bless God in the great congregation; bless the LORD from the fountain of Israel.
- Isa 43:11I, yes I, am the LORD, and there is no Savior but Me.
- Isa 43:3For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your place.
- Isa 12:2Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”
- 2 Pet 3:18But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
- Isa 60:16You will drink the milk of nations and nurse at the breasts of royalty; you will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
- Acts 13:23From the descendants of this man, God has brought to Israel the Savior Jesus, as He promised.
- Acts 5:31God exalted Him to His right hand as Prince and Savior, in order to grant repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.
- Matt 1:22–23All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:
- John 4:42They said to the woman, “We now believe not only because of your words; we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man truly is the Savior of the world.”
- John 13:7Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”
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Isaiah sees him most clearly: the virgin's son Immanuel, the child on David's throne, the shoot from Jesse, the light to the nations, and above all the Suffering Servant pierced for our transgressions (ch. 53).
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