2Ch 16:9, Psa 18:31-32, 28:8, 29:1, 11, 68:34-35, 144:1-2, Isa 40:29 | ESV | STEP | For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth , to give strong support to those whose heart is blameless toward him. You have done foolishly in this , for from now on you will have wars .

2 Chronicles 16:9

9 ^aFor the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to give strong support to those ^bwhose heart is blameless ^{▼▼Or whole} toward him. ^dYou have done foolishly in this, for from now on ^eyou will have wars.”

Psalms 18:31-32

31 For ^fwho is God, but the Lord?
And who is ^ga rock, except our God?—
32 the God who ^hequipped me with strength
and made my way ⁱblameless.

Psalms 28:8

8 The Lord is the strength of his people; ^{▼▼Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts is their strength}
he is ^kthe saving refuge of his anointed.

Psalms 29:1

Ascribe to the Lord Glory

A Psalm of David.

1 Ascribe to the Lord, O heavenly beings, ^{▼▼Hebrew sons of God, or sons of might}
^mascribe to the Lord glory and strength.

Psalms 29:11

11 May the Lord give ⁿstrength to his people!
May the Lord bless ^{▼▼Or The Lord will give . . . The Lord will bless} his people with ^ppeace!

Psalms 68:34-35

34 ^qAscribe power to God,
whose majesty is over Israel,
and whose ^rpower is in ^sthe skies.
35 ^tAwesome is God from his ^{▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew your} ^vsanctuary;
the God of Israel—he is the one who gives ^wpower and strength to his people.
Blessed be God!

Psalms 144:1-2

My Rock and My Fortress

Of David.

1 Blessed be the Lord, my ^xrock,
^ywho trains my hands for war,
and my fingers for battle;
2 he is my ^zsteadfast love and my ^aafortress,
my ^abstronghold and my deliverer,
my ^acshield and he in whom I take refuge,
who ^adsubdues peoples ^{▼▼Many Hebrew manuscripts, Dead Sea Scroll, Jerome, Syriac, Aquila; most Hebrew manuscripts subdues my people} under me.

Isaiah 40:29

29 He gives power to the faint,
and to him who has no might he increases strength.