Berean Standard Bible
2Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”
God Is My Salvation
Isaiah 12:2
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King James Version
2Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
Translation for Translators
T4T was designed as a tool for Bible translators, not as a devotional text. It makes implicit meaning explicit and flags figurative language with abbreviations. Gold [brackets] indicate translation notes. ◄Triangles► mark alternative renderings.Read more about how to read T4T →2Amazingly, you have come to save us, so we will trust in you and not be afraid. Yahweh our God, you enable us to be strong; you are the one about whom we sing; you have rescued us from our enemies.”
Berean Standard Bible
King James Version
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Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”
Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
Berean Standard Bible
King James Version
Translation for Translators
T4T was designed as a tool for Bible translators, not as a devotional text. It makes implicit meaning explicit and flags figurative language with abbreviations. Gold [brackets] indicate translation notes. ◄Triangles► mark alternative renderings.Read more about how to read T4T →2
Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”
Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
Amazingly, you have come to save us, so we will trust in you and not be afraid. Yahweh our God, you enable us to be strong; you are the one about whom we sing; you have rescued us from our enemies.”
WLC
Hebrew, word by word
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הִנֵּ֨ה behold הִנֵּה hinnêh prolongation for H2005 (הֵן); lo! behold, lo, see. אֵ֧ל God אֵל ʼêl shortened from H352 (אַיִל); strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity) God (god), [idiom] goodly, [idiom] great, idol יְשׁוּעָתִ֛י deliverance יְשׁוּעָה yᵉshûwʻâh feminine passive participle of H3467 (יָשַׁע); something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliverance; hence, aid, victory, prosperity deliverance, health, help(-ing), אֶבְטַ֖ח be bold בָּטַח bâṭach a primitive root; properly, to hide for refuge (but not so precipitately as H2620 (חָסָה)); figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure be bold (confident, sec וְלֹ֣א ere לֹא lôʼ or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles [idiom] before אֶפְחָ֑ד be afraid פָּחַד pâchad a primitive root; to be startled (by a sudden alarm); hence, to fear in general be afraid, stand in awe, (be in) fear, make to shake. כִּֽי and כִּי kîy a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widel ־ עָזִּ֤י boldness עֹז ʻôz or (fully) עוֹז; from H5810 (עָזַז); strength in various applications (force, security, majesty, praise) boldness, loud, might, power, strength, strong. וְזִמְרָת֙ song זִמְרָת zimrâth from H2167 (זָמַר); instrumental music; by implication, praise song. יָ֣הּ Jah יָהּ Yâhh contraction for H3068 (יְהֹוָה), and meaning the same; Jah, the sacred name Jah, the Lord, most vehement. Compare names in '-iah,' '-jah.' יְהוָ֔ה Jehovah יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh from H1961 (הָיָה); (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God Jehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה). וַֽיְהִי beacon הָיָה hâyâh a primitive root (compare H1933 (הָוָא)); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) beacon, [idiom] altoge ־לִ֖י לִֽישׁוּעָֽה deliverance יְשׁוּעָה yᵉshûwʻâh feminine passive participle of H3467 (יָשַׁע); something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliverance; hence, aid, victory, prosperity deliverance, health, help(-ing), ׃
Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”
Functional Faith Reading
The Hebrew here carries two distinct names side by side. The phrase rendered "LORD GOD" is actually Yah Jehovah — a compressed form of the Tetragrammaton followed by the full name itself — a double emphasis on the personal name of the Father, Jehovah. The word for salvation, yeshua, is the same root from which the Pioneer's own name derives.
Most readings flatten this into generic devotion, missing that Isaiah is not just expressing warm feeling toward a distant deity. The doubling of the divine name is a deliberate intensification — the poet is anchoring trust in a specific person with a specific name, not a vague divine principle.
The Functional Faith reading hears this differently. Jehovah is the one source of salvation — the Father himself, whose character is hesed, steadfast faithful love. The Pioneer's very name, Yeshua, embeds this verse into his identity: he is the Father's living answer to Isaiah's cry. The Pioneer does not replace the Father as the source of salvation; he embodies and delivers it as the Father's supreme agent.
For someone walking the road, this means trust is not placed in correct doctrine about the messenger — it is placed in Jehovah, the one who sends, the one who saves, the one who holds.
Sit with this
What would change in your daily life if you called the Father by his actual name instead of keeping him at arm's length behind a title?
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