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Yahweh, be gracious to us; we have waited for you: be you our arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
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Prayer in Times of Trouble
This verse is a model prayer for when we face overwhelming circumstances. Commentators explain that the people, facing invasion, turn from fear to faith. They don't just passively wait; they actively call on God. This teaches that prayer is our primary recourse in distress, expressing our dependence and trust in God's promised salvation.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
O Lord - This is a solemn prayer to Yahweh, made by the Jews in their apprehension of the Assyrian invasion. It does not mean that this pray…
19th Century
Anglican
O Lord, be gracious ... —Faith transforms itself into prayer. The prophet will still “wait” upon God. In the change of pe…
16th Century
Protestant
O Jehovah, have pity upon us. This sentiment was added by the Prophet to remind the godly where they ought to turn in such distresses, eve…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
O Lord, be gracious unto us This is a prayer of the church under the persecutions of antichrist, imploring the grace…
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 c…
13th Century
Catholic
1. Woe to you who plunder. In this part, the prophet begins to foretell the destruction of Israel’s enemies. This is presented in t…
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