1 Peter 5:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Under the mighty hand of God,— "Under all the dispensations of divine providence, even though wicked men should be made the instruments of effecting its purposes." Perhaps by this expression, the apostle might intend to remind them, that the hand of a righteous Providence was concerned in those events which were owing to the wickedness of men: so far concerned as to over-rule them, and render them instrumental and subservient to the accomplishment of his own designs. This is strongly intimated, Isaiah 10:5. Psalms 17:14 and in many parallel places.