Who is this who comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah?
Who is this who is glorious in his clothing, marching in the greatness of his strength?
“I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.”
2Why are you red in your clothing, and your garments like him who treads in the wine vat?
3“I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the peoples there was no man with me: yes, I trod them in my anger, and trampled them in my wrath; and their lifeblood is sprinkled on my garments, and I have stained all my clothing.
4For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.
5I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore my own arm brought salvation to me; and my wrath, it upheld me.
6I trod down the peoples in my anger, and made them drunk in my wrath, and I poured out their lifeblood on the earth.”
7I will tell of YAHWEH’s acts of loving kindness,1 and sing the praises of YAHWEH, according to all that YAHWEH has given us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he has given them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses. 8For he said, “Surely, they are my people, children who will not deal falsely:” so he became their Saviour. 9In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bore them, and carried them all the days of old.
10But they rebelled, and grieved his Holy Spirit2: therefore he was turned to become their enemy, and himself fought against them.
11Then he remembered the days of old, Musa3 and his people, saying, “Where is he who brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? Where is he who put his Holy Spirit in the midst of them?”
12Who caused his glorious arm to go at the right hand of Musa? Who divided the waters before them, to make himself an everlasting Name?
13Who led them through the depths, like a horse in the wilderness, so that they did not stumble?
14As the cattle that go down into the valley, the Spirit of YAHWEH caused them to rest; so you led your people to make yourself a glorious Name.
15Look down from heaven, and see from the dwelling place of your holiness and of your glory: where are your zeal and your mighty acts? The yearning of your heart and your compassion is restrained toward me.
16For you are our Father, though Ibrahim4 does not know us, and Israel does not acknowledge us: you, YAHWEH, are our Father; our Redeemer from everlasting is your Name.
17O YAHWEH, why do you make us to err from your ways, and harden our heart from your fear? Return for your servants’ sake, the tribes of your inheritance.
18Your holy people possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down your sanctuary.
19We have become like those over whom you never ruled, like those who were not called by your Name.
- 63:7 YAHWEH, the name God revealed to Prophet Musa in the Taurat, Exodus 3:15 – God said moreover to Musa, “You shall tell Bani-Israel this, ‘YAHWEH, the God of your fathers, the God of Ibrahim, the God of Ishaq, and the God of Yaqub, has sent me to you.’ This is my Name forever, and this is how I am to be remembered to all generations.” ↩︎
- 63:10 his Holy Spirit, not an angel, created being, nor an impersonal force, but the uncreated, eternal essence of God himself. The Spirit was present and active at the creation of heaven and earth (see Genesis 1:2). He is also the one who moved the prophets to speak God’s Word to mankind (see 2 Peter 1:21). The Spirit also lives inside of every follower of ‘ISA AL-MASIH, empowering them to live in a way pleasing to God (see 1 Corinthians 3:16). ↩︎
- 63:11 Musa, this Arabic name is derived from the Hebrew name Moses meaning “to pull out” or “draw out” (of water); referring to the biblical story where he was rescued from the Nile River by Firaun’s daughter. ↩︎
- 63:16 Ibrahim, this Arabic name is derived from the Hebrew name Abraham, which means “father of many nations.” ↩︎