Isaiah 12:2

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.”

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Israel, in a future day after God's anger has turned away, declares this as an act of praise (v. 1). The speaker is the individual Israelite addressing God directly.

The words — הִנֵּה (hinnēh, "behold!") marks the declaration as something to be seen and affirmed in the present moment, not a general truth. יְשׁוּעָה (yeshu'ah, "salvation") is the noun that carries the verse; it names what God is to the speaker.

The thread — "My strength and my song, and He has become my salvation" appears verbatim in Exodus 15:2 and Psalms 118:14. Psalms 27:1 runs adjacent: "The LORD is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear?"

Why it lands — The verse asks the reader to ground trust in a specific act of God rather than in general optimism, and to release the dread that persists when one has not done so. It is a command to name the ground of one's confidence.

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The Hebrew words

הִנֵּ֨הhi.Nehhere!אֵ֧ל'elGod יְשׁוּעָתִ֛יye.shu.'a.T/i[is] salvation/ my אֶבְטַ֖ח'ev.TachI will trust וְלֹ֣אve./Lo'and/ not אֶפְחָ֑ד'ef.ChadI will be in dread כִּֽי־ki-for עָזִּ֤י'a.Z/i[is] might/ my וְזִמְרָת֙ve./zim.Ratand/ strength יָ֣הּyahYahweh יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahweh וַֽיְהִי־va/y.hi-and/ he has becomeלִ֖יl/iof/ meלִֽישׁוּעָֽה׃Li./shu.'Ah<into>/ salvation

King James Version

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.

Cross-references

Exodus 15:2 The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him, my father’s God, and I will exalt Him.
Psalms 118:14 The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation.
Psalms 27:1 Of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life—whom shall I dread?
Revelation 7:10 And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
Isaiah 26:3 You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.
Jonah 2:9 But I, with the voice of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to You. I will fulfill what I have vowed. Salvation is from the LORD!”
Isaiah 45:17 But Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation; you will not be put to shame or humiliated, to ages everlasting.
Isaiah 45:22 Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
Matthew 1:21 She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”
Luke 2:30 For my eyes have seen Your salvation,