“How you have helped ¹  the powerless! ²  How you have saved the person who has no strength! ³ 

Our God, will you not judge them? For we are powerless against this huge army that attacks us! We don’t know what we should do; we look to you for help.” ¹ 

Your sons and daughters will be given to another people while you look on in vain all day, and you will be powerless to do anything about it. ¹ 

Rescue the poor and needy! Deliver them from the power ¹  of the wicked!

For the blood of bulls and goats cannot take away sins. ¹ 

For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.

Foreigners are powerless before me; ¹  when they hear of my exploits, they submit to me. ² 

And now, though we share the same flesh and blood as our fellow countrymen, ¹  and our children are just like their children, ²  still we have found it necessary to subject our sons and daughters to slavery. ³  Some of our daughters have been subjected to slavery, while we are powerless to help, ⁴  since our fields and vineyards now belong to other people.” ⁵ 

But man ¹  dies and is powerless; ²  he expires – and where is he? ³ 

For the calamity from God was a terror to me, ¹  and by reason of his majesty ²  I was powerless.

When they hear of my exploits, they submit to me. ¹  Foreigners are powerless ²  before me;

The one who oppresses ¹  the poor insults ²  his Creator, but whoever shows favor ³  to the needy honors him.

He gives strength to those who are tired; to the ones who lack power, he gives renewed energy.

So Herodias nursed a grudge against him and wanted to kill him. But ¹  she could not

Asa prayed ¹  to the Lord his God: “O Lord, there is no one but you who can help the weak when they are vastly outnumbered. ²  Help us, O Lord our God, for we rely on you and have marched on your behalf against this huge army. ³  O Lord our God, don’t let men prevail against you!” ⁴ 

All of the thriving people ¹  of the earth will join the celebration and worship; ²  all those who are descending into the grave ³  will bow before him, including those who cannot preserve their lives. ⁴ 

The dead do not come back to life, the spirits of the dead do not rise. ¹  That is because ²  you came in judgment ³  and destroyed them, you wiped out all memory of them.

King Zedekiah said to them, “Very well, you can do what you want with him. ¹  For I cannot do anything to stop you.” ² 

For this reason the law lacks power, ¹  and justice is never carried out. ²  Indeed, ³  the wicked intimidate ⁴  the innocent. ⁵  For this reason justice is perverted. ⁶ 

But God chose what the world thinks foolish to shame the wise, and God chose what the world thinks weak to shame the strong.