Mazmur 132:9

132:9 May your priests be clothed with integrity! ¹ 

May your loyal followers shout for joy!

Yesaya 59:17

59:17 He wears his desire for justice ²  like body armor, ³ 

and his desire to deliver is like a helmet on his head. ⁴ 

He puts on the garments of vengeance ⁵ 

and wears zeal like a robe.

Yesaya 59:1

Injustice Brings Alienation from God

59:1 Look, the Lord’s hand is not too weak ⁶  to deliver you;

his ear is not too deaf to hear you. ⁷ 

1 Tesalonika 5:8

5:8 But since we are of the day, we must stay sober by putting on the breastplate ⁸  of faith and love and as a helmet our hope for salvation. ⁹ 

[132:9]  ¹ tn Or “righteousness.”

[59:17]  ² tn Or “righteousness” (KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT); NCV “goodness.”

[59:17]  ³ tn Or “a breastplate” (traditional; so many English versions); TEV “a coat of armour.”

[59:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “and [as] a helmet deliverance on his head.”

[59:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “and he puts on the clothes of vengeance [as] a garment.”

[59:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “short” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[59:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “or his ear too heavy [i.e., “dull”] to hear.”

[5:8]  ⁸ sn An allusion to Isa 59:17.

[5:8]  ⁹ tn Grk “hope of salvation” (“a helmet…for salvation” is an allusion to Isa 59:17).