Isaiah 63:5-6

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 

[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.”

[63:6]  ³ sn See Isa 49:26 and 51:23 for similar imagery.

[63:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “and I brought down to the ground their juice.” “Juice” refers to their blood (see v. 3).