That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD, hast done it.
Parallel translations
- WEB that they may know that this is your hand; that you, Yahweh, have done it.
- BSB Let them know that this is Your hand, that You, O LORD, have 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
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- Job 37:7He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work.
- 1 Kgs 18:36–37And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word.
- Exod 8:19Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
- Acts 4:16Saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them is manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it.
- Ps 126:2Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.
- Ps 17:13–14Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:
- Acts 2:32–36This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
- 1 Sam 17:46–47This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.
- Ps 64:8–9So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
- Num 16:28–30And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind.
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