Isaiah 40:29
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He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak.
Commentaries
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Jehovah is so far from becoming faint, that it is He who gives strength to the fainting. "Giving power to the faint, and to the incapable He giveth strength in abundance." אונים לאין is equivalent to אונים אין לאשׁר אין is used exactly like a privative to form a negative adjective (e.g., Psa 88:5; Pro 25:3).
Open source ↗40:29 The weak in this context are those who face persecution or oppression (such as the Babylonian exile); the Lord is their only recourse (see 49:4-5; 50:4; Pss 68:9; 119:28).
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Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand of righteousness.
I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
being strengthened with all power according to His glorious might so that you may have full endurance and patience, and joyfully
I will strengthen them in the LORD,and in His name they will walk,”declares the LORD.
for I will refresh the weary soul and replenish all who are weak.”
The LORD gives His people strength; the LORD blesses His people with peace.
The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of discipleship, to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning; He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.
May the bolts of your gate be iron and bronze, and may your strength match your days.”
quenched the raging fire, and escaped the edge of the sword; who gained strength from weakness, became mighty in battle, and put foreign armies to flight.
Yet he steadied his bow, and his strong arms were tempered by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, in the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,