Rise up, Rise up, and put on strength, O arm of the Lord: rise up as [a]in the old time in the generations of the world. Art not thou the same, that hath cut [b]Rahab, and wounded the [c]dragon?

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 51:9 He putteth them in remembrance of his great benefit for their deliverance out of Egypt, that thereby they might learn to trust in him constantly.
  2. Isaiah 51:9 Meaning, Egypt, Ps. 87:4.
  3. Isaiah 51:9 To wit, Pharaoh, Ezek. 29:3.

Awake, awake,(A) arm(B) of the Lord,
    clothe yourself with strength!(C)
Awake, as in days gone by,
    as in generations of old.(D)
Was it not you who cut Rahab(E) to pieces,
    who pierced that monster(F) through?

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10 The Lord breaketh the [a]counsel of the heathen, and bringeth to nought the devices of the people.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 33:10 No counsel can prevail against God, but he defeateth it, and it shall have evil success.

10 The Lord foils(A) the plans(B) of the nations;(C)
    he thwarts the purposes of the peoples.

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