Strength

You know that I have served your father with all my strength.

When Jacob was told, “Your son Joseph has come to you,” Israel rallied his strength and sat up in bed.

Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.

So Moses told the people, “Remember this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; for the LORD brought you out of it by the strength of His hand. And nothing leavened shall be eaten.

The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him, my father’s God, and I will exalt Him.

With loving devotion You will lead the people You have redeemed; with Your strength You will guide them to Your holy dwelling.

…and your strength will be spent in vain. For your land will not yield its produce, and the trees of the land will not bear their fruit.

But Moses said to the LORD, “The Egyptians will hear of it, for by Your strength You brought this people from among them.

God brought them out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox.

God brought him out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox, to devour hostile nations and crush their bones, to pierce them with arrows.

And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.

You might say in your heart, “The power and strength of my hands have made this wealth for me.”

You shall therefore keep every commandment I am giving you today, so that you may have the strength to go in and possess the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess,

Instead, he must acknowledge the firstborn, the son of his unloved wife, by giving him a double portion of all that he has. For that son is the firstfruits of his father’s strength; the right of the firstborn belongs to him.

For the LORD will vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is gone and no one remains, slave or free.

May the bolts of your gate be iron and bronze, and may your strength match your days.”

…still as strong today as I was the day Moses sent me out. As my strength was then, so it is now for war, for going out, and for coming in.

So Joshua said to the house of Joseph—to Ephraim and Manasseh—“You have many people and great strength. You shall not have just one allotment,

And the Amorites were determined to dwell in Mount Heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim. But when the house of Joseph grew in strength, they pressed the Amorites into forced labor.

The River Kishon swept them away, the ancient river, the River Kishon. March on, O my soul, in strength!

The LORD turned to him and said, “Go in the strength you have and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Am I not sending you?”

Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Get up and kill us yourself, for as the man is, so is his strength.” So Gideon got up and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescent ornaments from the necks of their camels.

So God opened up the hollow place in Lehi, and water came out of it. When Samson drank, his strength returned, and he was revived. That is why he named it En-hakkore, and it remains in Lehi to this day.

The lords of the Philistines went to her and said, “Entice him and find out the source of his great strength and how we can overpower him to tie him up and subdue him. Then each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels of silver.”

So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me the source of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued.”

While the men were hidden in her room, she called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But he snapped the bowstrings like a strand of yarn seared by a flame. So the source of his strength remained unknown.

“How can you say, ‘I love you,’” she asked, “when your heart is not with me? This is the third time you have mocked me and failed to reveal to me the source of your great strength!”

Samson told her all that was in his heart: “My hair has never been cut, because I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, my strength will leave me, and I will become as weak as any other man.”

And having lulled him to sleep on her lap, she called a man to shave off the seven braids of his head. In this way she began to subdue him, and his strength left him.

The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble are equipped with strength.

He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.

Behold, the days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your father’s house, so that no one in it will reach old age.

Behold, the days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your father’s house, so that no one in it will reach old age.

Immediately Saul fell flat on the ground, terrified by the words of Samuel. And his strength was gone, because he had not eaten anything all that day and night.

Now please listen to your servant and let me set a morsel of bread before you so you may eat and have the strength to go on your way.”

So David and the troops with him lifted up their voices and wept until they had no strength left to weep.

And David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of every man grieved for his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.

While Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, to come from his hometown of Giloh. So the conspiracy gained strength, and Absalom’s following kept increasing.

You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.

You claim to have a strategy and strength for war, but these are empty words. In whom are you now trusting, that you have rebelled against me?

…to tell him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.

Neither before nor after Josiah was there any king like him, who turned to the LORD with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his strength, according to all the Law of Moses.

Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.

Splendor and majesty are before Him; strength and joy fill His dwelling.

Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the nations, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.

All these were descendants of Obed-edom; they and their sons and brothers were capable men with strength to do the work—62 in all from Obed-edom.

Both riches and honor come from You, and You are the ruler over all. In Your hands are power and might to exalt and give strength to all.

Then Jehu looked for Ahaziah, and Jehu’s soldiers captured him while he was hiding in Samaria. So Ahaziah was brought to Jehu and put to death. They buried him, for they said, “He is the grandson of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart.” So no one was left from the house of Ahaziah with the strength to rule the kingdom.

Amaziah, however, summoned his strength and led his troops to the Valley of Salt, where he struck down 10,000 men of Seir,

Meanwhile, the people of Judah said: “The strength of the laborer fails, and there is so much rubble that we will never be able to rebuild the wall.”

Then Nehemiah told them, “Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send out portions to those who have nothing prepared, since today is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”

What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What is my future, that I should be patient?

Is my strength like that of stone, or my flesh made of bronze?

God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?

If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?

Wisdom and strength belong to God; counsel and understanding are His.

His strength is depleted, and calamity is ready at his side.

You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.

What use to me was the strength of their hands, since their vigor had left them?

Indeed, God is mighty, but He despises no one; He is mighty in strength of understanding.

Can you rely on his great strength? Will you leave your hard work to him?

Do you give strength to the horse or adorn his neck with a mane?

He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength; he charges into battle.

See the strength of his loins and the power in the muscles of his belly.

Strength resides in his neck, and dismay leaps before him.

They are crushed and beaten down; the helpless fall prey to his strength.

For the choirmaster. Of David the servant of the LORD, who sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said: I love You, O LORD, my strength.

It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way clear.

You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, the king rejoices in Your strength. How greatly he exults in Your salvation!

Be exalted, O LORD, in Your strength; we will sing and praise Your power.

My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death.

But You, O LORD, be not far off; O my Strength, come quickly to help me.

The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart rejoices, and I give thanks to Him with my song.

The LORD is the strength of His people, a stronghold of salvation for His anointed.

A Psalm of David. Ascribe to the LORD, O heavenly beings, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.

The LORD gives His people strength; the LORD blesses His people with peace.

For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are wasting away.

For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat. Selah

No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength.

A horse is a vain hope for salvation; even its great strength cannot save.

My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.

For the choirmaster. Of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A song. God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.

I will keep watch for You, O my strength, because You, O God, are my fortress.

But I will sing of Your strength and proclaim Your loving devotion in the morning. For You are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble.

To You, O my strength, I sing praises, for You, O God, are my fortress, my God of loving devotion.

For You have been my refuge, a tower of strength against the enemy.

Summon Your power, O God; show Your strength, O God, which You have exerted on our behalf.

Ascribe the power to God, whose majesty is over Israel, whose strength is in the skies.

O God, You are awesome in Your sanctuary; the God of Israel Himself gives strength and power to His people. Blessed be God!

Do not discard me in my old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails.

I will come in the strength of the Lord GOD; I will proclaim Your righteousness—Yours alone.

My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea;

You are the God who works wonders; You display Your strength among the peoples.

He delivered His strength to captivity, and His splendor to the hand of the adversary.

May the groans of the captives reach You; by the strength of Your arm preserve those condemned to death.

For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.

Even Assyria has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot. Selah

Blessed are those whose strength is in You, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.