Strength, divine

The strength of God is made known in creation and redemption and in his empowering of believers to live faithfully.

The revelation of the strength of God

In creation

Romans 1:20 See also Job 38:4, Job 38:8, Job 38:12, Job 38:31–33; Psalm 68:34, Psalm 104:1–3, Psalm 104:32; Isaiah 40:12, Isaiah 40:25–26; Jeremiah 32:17; Hebrews 1:2–3

For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse.

In providence

Psalm 135:6 See also Psalm 46:8–10, Psalm 115:3; Isaiah 14:24, Isaiah 40:23; Jeremiah 27:5; Daniel 4:35; Acts 17:26; Ephesians 1:11

The LORD does all that pleases Him in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and in all their depths.

In redemption

Exodus 6:6; Ephesians 1:19–20 Exodus 3:19–20; Deuteronomy 4:34, Deuteronomy 4:37; Psalm 77:13–15; Isaiah 51:10; Jeremiah 32:21; Deuteronomy 3:24; 2 Samuel 22:2–3 parallel Psalm 18:1–2 David's song of praise for deliverance; Psalm 98:1; Isaiah 59:1, Isaiah 59:16

Therefore tell the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians and deliver you from their bondage. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.

and the surpassing greatness of His power to us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of His mighty strength, which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms,

In human weakness

2 Corinthians 12:9–10, 2 Corinthians 13:4 See also Judges 7:4–7; 1 Corinthians 1:25–27; Hebrews 11:34

But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me. That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

For He was indeed crucified in weakness, yet He lives by God’s power. For we are also weak in Him, yet by God’s power we will live with Him concerning you.

In judgment

Revelation 6:15–17 See also Psalm 89:10; Isaiah 63:5–6; Ezekiel 20:33–35; Habakkuk 3:12; 2 Thessalonians 1:8–9; 2 Peter 3:7; Revelation 6:12–14, Revelation 18:8

Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains. And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. For the great day of Their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”

God's strength brings comfort to believers

Psalm 27:1 See also Psalm 27:3; John 10:28–29; Romans 8:28, Romans 8:31

Of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— whom shall I dread?