Isaiah 17:5

17:5 It will be as when one gathers the grain harvest,

and his hand gleans the ear of grain.

It will be like one gathering the ears of grain

in the Valley of Rephaim.

Isaiah 33:2

33:2 Lord, be merciful to us! We wait for you.

Give us strength each morning! ¹ 

Deliver us when distress comes. ² 

Isaiah 40:11

40:11 Like a shepherd he tends his flock;

he gathers up the lambs with his arm;

he carries them close to his heart; ³ 

he leads the ewes along.

Isaiah 63:5

63:5 I looked, but there was no one to help;

I was shocked because there was no one offering support. ⁴ 

So my right arm accomplished deliverance;

my raging anger drove me on. ⁵ 

Isaiah 63:12

63:12 the one who made his majestic power available to Moses, ⁶ 

who divided the water before them,

gaining for himself a lasting reputation, ⁷ 

[33:2]  ¹ tn Heb “Be their arm each morning.” “Arm” is a symbol for strength. The mem suffixed to the noun has been traditionally understood as a third person suffix, but this is contrary to the context, where the people speak of themselves in the first person. The mem (מ) is probably enclitic with ellipsis of the pronoun, which can be supplied from the context. See J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:589, n. 1.

[33:2]  ² tn Heb “[Be] also our deliverance in the time of distress.”

[40:11]  ¹ tn Heb “in his bosom” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NRSV), an expression which reflects closeness and protective care.

[63:5]  ¹ sn See Isa 59:16 for similar language.

[63:5]  ² tn Heb “and my anger, it supported me”; NIV “my own wrath sustained me.”

[63:12]  ¹ tn Heb “who caused to go at the right hand of Moses the arm of his splendor.”

[63:12]  ² tn Heb “making for himself a lasting name.”