Yesaya 63:5

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 

Yesaya 63:8

63:8 He said, “Certainly they will be my people,

children who are not disloyal.” ³ 

He became their deliverer.

[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.”

[63:8]  ³ tn Heb “children [who] do not act deceitfully.” Here the verb refers to covenantal loyalty.