Isaiah 33:2
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.
Isaiah 33:2 in other translations
| BSB | O LORD, be gracious to us! We wait for You. Be our strength every morning and our salvation in time of trouble. |
|---|---|
| WEB | LORD, be gracious to us. We have waited for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble. |
| ASV | O Jehovah, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou our arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble. |
| YLT | O Jehovah, favour us, for thee we have waited, Be their arm, in the mornings, Yea, our salvation in time of adversity. |
| DARBY | Jehovah, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be their arm every morning, yea, our salvation in the time of trouble. |
| BBE | O Lord, have mercy on us; for we have been waiting for your help: be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of trouble. |
| Webster | O LORD, be gracious to us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble. |
What does Isaiah 33:2 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 33:1-14
God's judgments against the enemies of his church. (Is. 33:1-14) The happiness of his people. (Is. 33:15-24) Verses 1-14 Here we have the proud and false destroyer justly reckoned with for all his fraud and violence. The righteous God often pays sinners in their own coin. Those who by faith humbly wait for God, shall find him gracious to them; as the day, so let the strength be. If God leaves us to ourselves any…
Isaiah 33:2 in the original Hebrew
Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.
Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).
Cross references for Isaiah 33:2
- 2 Corinthians 1:3-4
Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
- Isaiah 30:18-19
And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him. For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee.
- Isaiah 59:16
And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.
- Psalms 62:8
Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.
- Psalms 60:11
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
- Psalms 130:4-8
But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared. I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning. Let Israel hope in the Lord: for with the Lord there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption. …
- Psalms 46:1
To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
- Isaiah 25:9
And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the Lord; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
- Exodus 14:27
And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
- Lamentations 3:25-26
The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.
- Psalms 62:1
To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.
- Lamentations 3:23
They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
Ranked by reader votes · OpenBible.info cross references (CC BY).
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
25:9; 26:8; 30:18,19; Ps 27:13,14; 62:1,5,8; 123:2; 130:4-8
La 3:25,26; Ho 14:2
be thou.
25:4; Ex 14:27; Ps 25:3; 143:8; La 3:23
our salvation.
26:16; Ps 37:39; 46:1,5; 50:15; 60:11; 90:15; 91:15; Jer 2:27,28
Jer 14:8; 2Co 1:3,4
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain
Context
- Isaiah 33:1
Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.
- Isaiah 33:2
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.
- Isaiah 33:3
At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered.
Isaiah 33:2 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Oh Jehová, ten misericordia de nosotros, á ti hemos esperado: tú, brazo de ellos en la mañana, sé también nuestra salud en tiempo de la tribulación. |
|---|---|
| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Éternel, use de grâce envers nous: nous nous sommes attendus à toi. Sois leur bras tous les matins, et notre salut au temps de la détresse! |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Jehova, sei uns gnädig! auf dich harren wir; sei ihr Arm jeden Morgen, ja, unsere Rettung zur Zeit der Bedrängnis! - |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Domine, miserere nostri, te enim exspectavimus; esto brachium nostrum in mane, et salus nostra in tempore tribulationis. |