Verse | Translation | Text |
Ps 89:13 | King James | Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand. |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Thou hast a mighty arm - Margin, as in Hebrew," an arm with might." That is, Thou hast great power - the arm being the instrument by which we accomplish our purposes. Strong is thy hand - The hand, too, is an instrument by which we execute our plans. Hence, God is so often represented a having delivered his people with a strong hand. And high is thy right hand - It is by the right hand particularly that we carry out our purposes. We lift it high when we are about to strike with force. All this is expressive of the divine omnipotence. |