63:5 I looked, but there was no one to help;
I was shocked because there was no one offering support. 1
So my right arm accomplished deliverance;
my raging anger drove me on. 2
59:16 He sees there is no advocate; 3
he is shocked 4 that no one intervenes.
So he takes matters into his own hands; 5
his desire for justice drives him on. 6
1 sn See Isa 59:16 for similar language.
2 tn Heb “and my anger, it supported me”; NIV “my own wrath sustained me.”
3 tn Heb “man” (so KJV, ASV); TEV “no one to help.”
4 tn Or “appalled” (NAB, NIV, NRSV), or “disgusted.”
5 tn Heb “and his arm delivers for him.”
6 tn Heb “and his justice [or “righteousness”] supports him.”