Let them know that this is Your hand, that You, O LORD, have done it.
Parallel translations
- WEB that they may know that this is your hand; that you, Yahweh, have done it.
- KJV That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD, hast done it.
- ESV Let them know that this is your hand; you, O LORD, have done it!
- NKJV That they may know that this is Your hand— That You, Lord, have done it!
- NASB And may they know that this is Your hand; You, Lord, have done it.
- NLT Let them see that this is your doing, that you yourself have done it, Lord.
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Quick answer
David wants his deliverance to be so clear that all recognize it as God's doing. His rescue is meant to display the Lord's power.
Overview
David desires that salvation come visibly from God's hand, so that even his enemies acknowledge it. This reflects a God-centered aim in prayer: that the Lord be glorified through His acts of deliverance (Exodus 14:4). True rescue points beyond the rescued to the God who saves.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 10
- Job 37:7He seals up the hand of every man, so that all men may know His work.
- 1 Kgs 18:36–37At the time of the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet approached the altar and said, “O LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that You are God in Israel and that I am Your servant and have done all these things at Your command.
- Exod 8:19“This is the finger of God,” the magicians said to Pharaoh. But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.
- Acts 4:16“What shall we do with these men?” they asked. “It is clear to everyone living in Jerusalem that a remarkable miracle has occurred through them, and we cannot deny it.
- Ps 126:2Then our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with shouts of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”
- Ps 17:13–14Arise, O LORD, confront them! Bring them to their knees; deliver me from the wicked by Your sword,
- Acts 2:32–36God has raised this Jesus to life, to which we are all witnesses.
- 1 Sam 17:46–47This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand. This day I will strike you down, cut off your head, and give the carcasses of the Philistines to the birds of the air and the creatures of the earth. Then the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel.
- Ps 64:8–9They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.
- Num 16:28–30Then Moses said, “This is how you will know that the LORD has sent me to do all these things, for it was not my own doing:
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