That strengthens the spoiled - (Literally, “spoil” English margin) probably, “makes devastation to smile on the strong.” The “smile…

That strengthened.— The rendering should be who causes desolation to gleam upon the strong (who were priding themselves o…

And turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night: that calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upo…

The Prophet is not now speaking of the ordinary works of God, in which His majesty, inspiring the highest reverence, as well as His dread power, sh…

That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong
Such as have been taken by an enemy, who have been stripped of the…

The same almighty power can, for repenting sinners, easily turn affliction and sorrow into prosperity and joy, and as easily turn the prosperity of…