Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 63:5

5 And I looked, and there was none to help ; and I wondred that there was none to uphold : therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me, and my fury , it upheld me.

Not that he needed it, for help implies a de[illegible: 1+ letters]ct of power, or wisdom, or wealth, or opportunity, &c. But to see what men would do, in regard his people needed it, therefore the standing, or not standing by his people is the same thing with standing, or not standing by him, Iudg. 5. 23. Math. 25, 35, 40, 42, 45.

A Metaphor, taken from a staff, that is an help to one that leans on it.

Or zeal, viz. Against the Adversaries of the Church: God's [illegible: 1 word] notes his strength, and Power and his zeal sets this Power on work, chap. 9, 7. but see on chap. 59. 16, 17.

Marginal references: Ch. 59. 16.; Ps. 98. 1.