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 61:9

61:9 Their descendants will be known among the nations,

their offspring among the peoples.

All who see them will recognize that

the Lord has blessed them.” ³ 

[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.”

[61:9]  ³ tn Heb “all who see them will recognize them, that they [are] descendants [whom] the Lord has blessed.”