O Lord, have mercy on us, for we have trusted in you! Be you our arm every morning; be also our salvation in the time of trouble.
O Lord, have mercy. Isaiah 25:9; Isaiah 26:8; Isaiah 30:18, Isaiah 30:19; Ps 27:13, Ps 27:14; Ps 62:1, Ps 62:5, Ps 62:8; Ps 123:2; Ps 130:4-8; Lam 3:25, Lam 3:26; Hos 14:2.
you, arm of them in the morning. Isaiah 25:4; Exo 14:27; Ps 25:3; Ps 143:8; Lam 3:23.
be also our salvation. Isaiah 26:16; Ps 37:39; Ps 46:1, Ps 46:5; Ps 50:15; Ps 60:11; Ps 90:15; Ps 91:15; Jer 2:27, Jer 2:28; Jer 14:8; 2Co 1:3, 2Co 1:4.
Source: The Treasury of Biblical Knowledge
have mercy: For a similar idea, see Isaiah 30:18. The beleaguered remnant, including Isaiah, has waited for the Lord in prayer (Isaiah 37:14-20) and in confidence (Isaiah 40:31).
Salvation: In Isaiah 12:2 You will find a similar reference that the only place where salvation is found is in God.
Source: New Illustrated Caribbean Bible Commentary
O LORD, HAVE MERCY ON US. This is the prayer of the righteous remnant for deliverance from the hands of their enemy.
Source: Full Life Study Bible
We have waited for you. Israel refused to do this previously (Isaiah 30:15; Isaiah 31:6), but now he expressed his regret in this way (Isaiah 25:9; Isaiah 26:8; Isaiah 33:2).
Source: MacArthur Study Bible
Ps 33:22; Ps 46:1.
Source: Hispano-American Interdenominational Translation
GRADES
(1) “Our,” TSyVgc and some Heb. mss; 1QIsaM and some Heb. mss: “their (their)”.
CROSS-REFERENCES
d 1450 Ps 123:2
e 1451 Ps 25:3; Ps 27:14; Isaiah 25:9
f 1452 Ps 44:3; Ps 89:10; Isaiah 52:10
g 1453 Ps 143:8; Lam 3:23
h 1454 Ps 37:39; Ps 46:1; nah 1:7
Source: New World Translation
This section is a prayer calling for the destruction of Assyria.
Source: The Bible of the Americas
So in some old versions; in the TM, their(them)
lit., arm