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Psalm 89:13
You have a mighty arm. Your hand is strong, and your right hand is exalted.
11The heavens are yours. The earth also is yours, the world and its fullness. You have founded them.
12You have created the north and the south. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.
13You have a mighty arm. Your hand is strong, and your right hand is exalted.
14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before your face.
15Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. They walk in the light of your presence, LORD.
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The mighty arm and exalted right hand draw attention to God's strength, giving praise a firm center beyond the limits of human power.
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1 Peter 5:6Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time,Both passages speak of God's mighty hand; Peter urges humility under the strength the psalm praises.
Psalm 118:15The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous. “The right hand of the LORD does valiantly.Both psalms praise the LORD's right hand, describing its strength here and its valiant deeds in Psalm 118.
Joshua 4:24that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD’s hand is mighty, and that you may fear the LORD your God forever.’”Both passages declare that the LORD's hand is mighty, with Joshua linking that knowledge to lasting reverence.
Exodus 6:1The LORD said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh, for by a strong hand he shall let them go, and by a strong hand he shall drive them out …The strong hand praised in the psalm also appears in God's promise that Pharaoh will release his people.
Psalm 62:11God has spoken once; twice I have heard this, that power belongs to God.Both psalms attribute power to God, one through the picture of his arm and hand, the other through a direct declaration.
Psalm 89:21with whom my hand shall be established. My arm will also strengthen him.Both verses describe God's hand and arm as strong, with Psalm 89:21 promising that strength to another.
Job 40:9Or do you have an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him?Both passages speak of God's arm as an expression of strength; Job is challenged to compare his strength with God's.
Psalm 89:10You have broken Rahab in pieces, like one of the slain. You have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.The mighty arm praised here is the arm described as breaking Rahab and scattering God's enemies.
Daniel 4:34–35At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to me; and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and …Both passages praise God's greatness, the psalm through his strength and Nebuchadnezzar through God's enduring rule.
Luke 1:51He has shown strength with his arm. He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.Both passages describe strength through God's arm, with Luke naming the scattering of the proud as an act of that strength.
Exodus 13:9It shall be for a sign to you on your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes, that the LORD’s law may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand the LORD has …Both passages speak of God's strong hand, with Exodus naming deliverance from Egypt as a work of that strength.
1 Kings 8:42(for they shall hear of your great name and of your mighty hand and of your outstretched arm), when he comes and prays toward this house,Both passages name God's mighty hand and arm, linking his strength with praise in the psalm and prayer in Kings.
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God's strength belongs to the one whose throne rests on righteousness and justice. You are praising power that is joined to loving kindness and truth.
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