my glory was fresh with me and my bow ever new in my hand.’
You must tell my father how greatly I am honored in Egypt and all that you have seen. Hurry and bring my father down here.”
Yet his bow remained taut, and his arms were made agile by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, by the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,
He has stripped my glory from me and taken the crown from my head.
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was like a robe and a turban.
who satisfies you with good as long as you live so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
But you, O Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.
but those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.
So we do not lose heart. Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day.