Isaiah 63:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

There was none to help; not that he needed it, for help implies a defect 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, Judges 5:23 Matthew 25:35,40,42,45. None to uphold; a metaphor taken from a staff, that is a help to one that leans on it. My fury, or zeal, viz. against the adversaries of the church. God's arm notes his strength and power, and his zeal sets this power on work, Isaiah 9:7; but See Poole on "Isaiah 59:16", See Poole on "Isaiah 59:17".

Isaiah 63:5

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