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
63:6 I trampled nations in my anger,
I made them drunk 3 in my rage,
I splashed their blood on the ground.” 4
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 sn See Isa 49:26 and 51:23 for similar imagery.
4 tn Heb “and I brought down to the ground their juice.” “Juice” refers to their blood (see v. 3).