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God Helps His Servant
1 Thus says the Loʀᴅ,
“Where is the ADeut 24:1, 3; Jer 3:8certificate of divorce
By which I have BIs 54:6, 7sent your mother away?
Or to whom of My creditors did I CDeut 32:30; 2 Kin 4:1; Neh 5:5sell you?
Behold, you were sold for your DIs 52:3; 59:2iniquities,
And for your EIs 1:28; 43:27transgressions your mother FJer 3:8was sent away.
2 “Why was there AIs 41:28; 59:16; 66:4no man when I came?
When I called, why was there none to answer?
Is My BGen 18:14; Num 11:23; Is 59:1hand so short that it cannot ransom?
Or have I no power to deliver?
Behold, I CEx 14:21; Is 19:5; 43:16; 44:27dry up the sea with My rebuke,
I DJosh 3:16; Is 42:15make the rivers a wilderness;
Their fish stink for lack of water
And die of thirst.
3 “I AIs 13:10; Rev 6:12clothe the heavens with blackness
And make sackcloth their covering.”
4 The Lord 1Heb YHWH, usually rendered Loʀᴅ, and so throughout the chGoᴅ has given Me the tongue of AIs 8:16; 54:13disciples,
That I may know how to BIs 57:19; Jer 31:25sustain the weary one with a word.
He awakens Me CPs 5:3; 88:13; 119:147; 143:8morning by morning,
He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.
5 The Lord Goᴅ has APs 40:6; Is 35:5opened My ear;
And I was BMatt 26:39; John 8:29; 14:31; 15:10; Acts 26:19; Phil 2:8; Heb 5:8; 10:7not disobedient
Nor did I turn back.
And My cheeks to those who pluck out the beard;
I did not cover My face from humiliation and spitting.
7 For the Lord Goᴅ AIs 42:1; 49:8helps Me,
Therefore, I am BIs 45:17; 54:4not disgraced;
Therefore, I have set My face like CEzek 3:8, 9flint,
And I know that I will not be ashamed.
8 He who AIs 45:25; Rom 8:33, 34vindicates Me is near;
Who will contend with Me?
Let us BIs 1:18; 41:1; 43:26stand up to each other;
Who has a case against Me?
Let him draw near to Me.
9 Behold, AIs 41:10the Lord Goᴅ helps Me;
BIs 54:17Who is he who condemns Me?
Behold, CJob 13:28; Is 51:8they will all wear out like a garment;
The moth will eat them.
10 Who is among you that fears the Loʀᴅ,
That obeys the voice of His AIs 49:2, 3; 50:4servant,
That BIs 9:2; 26:9; Eph 5:8walks in darkness and has no light?
Let him CIs 12:2; 26:4trust in the name of the Loʀᴅ and rely on his God.
11 Behold, all you who AProv 26:18; Is 9:18; James 3:6kindle a fire,
Who 1Lit girdencircle yourselves with firebrands,
Walk in the light of your fire
And among the brands you have set ablaze.
This you will have from My hand:
You will BIs 8:22; 65:13-15; Amos 4:9, 10lie down in torment.
A50:1 Deut 24:1, 3; Jer 3:8
C50:1 Deut 32:30; 2 Kin 4:1; Neh 5:5
B50:2 Gen 18:14; Num 11:23; Is 59:1
C50:2 Ex 14:21; Is 19:5; 43:16; 44:27
150:4 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Loʀᴅ, and so throughout the ch
C50:4 Ps 5:3; 88:13; 119:147; 143:8
B50:5 Matt 26:39; John 8:29; 14:31; 15:10; Acts 26:19; Phil 2:8; Heb 5:8; 10:7
A50:6 Matt 26:67; 27:30; Mark 14:65; 15:19; Luke 22:63
A50:11 Prov 26:18; Is 9:18; James 3:6
150:11 Lit gird
B50:11 Is 8:22; 65:13-15; Amos 4:9, 10