'Power' in the Bible

Be exalted, Lord, in Your strength;We will sing and praise Your power.

Rescue my life from the sword,My only life from the paw of the dog (the executioner).

The king is not saved by the great size of his army;A warrior is not rescued by his great strength.

A horse is a false hope for victory;Nor does it deliver anyone by its great strength.

I have seen a wicked, violent man [with great power]Spreading and flaunting himself like a cedar in its native soil,

You drove out the [pagan] nations with Your own hand;Then you planted and established them (Israel);[It was by Your power that] You uprooted the [pagan] peoples,Then You spread them abroad.

But God will redeem my life from the power of Sheol,For He will receive me. Selah.

Save me, O God, by Your name;And vindicate me by Your [wondrous] power.

Do not kill them, or my people will forget;Scatter them and make them wander [endlessly] back and forth by Your power, and bring them down,O Lord our shield!

But as for me, I will sing of Your mighty strength and power;Yes, I will sing joyfully of Your lovingkindness in the morning;For You have been my strongholdAnd a refuge in the day of my distress.

God has spoken once,Twice I have heard this:That power belongs to God.

So I have gazed upon You in the sanctuary,To see Your power and Your glory.

They will be given over to the power of the sword;They will be a prey for foxes.

Who creates the mountains by His strength,Being clothed with power,

Say to God, “How awesome and fearfully glorious are Your works!Because of the greatness of Your power Your enemies will pretend to be obedient to You.

That Your way may be known on earth,Your salvation and deliverance among all nations.

The Lord gives the command [to take Canaan];The women who proclaim the good news are a great host (army);

Ascribe strength to God;His majesty is over IsraelAnd His strength is in the skies.

And even when I am old and gray-headed, O God, do not abandon me,Until I declare Your [mighty] strength to this generation,Your power to all who are to come.

You are the [awesome] God who works [powerful] wonders;You have demonstrated Your power among the people.

Because they did not believe in God [they did not rely on Him, they did not adhere to Him],And they did not trust in His salvation (His power to save).

He caused the east wind to blow in the heavensAnd by His [unlimited] power He guided the south wind.

And gave up His strength and power (the ark of the covenant) into captivity,And His glory into the hand of the enemy (the Philistines).

Then the Lord awakened as from sleep,Like a [mighty] warrior who awakens from the sleep of wine [fully conscious of his power].

Let the groaning and sighing of the prisoner come before You;According to the greatness of Your power keep safe those who are doomed to die.

They go from strength to strength [increasing in victorious power];Each of them appears before God in Zion.

Once You spoke in a vision to Your godly ones,And said, “I have given help to one who is mighty [giving him the power to be a champion for Israel];I have exalted one chosen from the people.

“My faithfulness and My steadfast lovingkindness shall be with him,And in My name shall his horn be exalted [great power and prosperity shall be conferred upon him].

Who understands the power of Your anger? [Who connects this brevity of life among us with Your judgment of sin?]And Your wrath, [who connects it] with the [reverent] fear that is due You?

Let Your work [the signs of Your power] be revealed to Your servantsAnd Your [glorious] majesty to their children.

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most HighWill remain secure and rest in the shadow of the Almighty [whose power no enemy can withstand].

The Lord reigns, He is clothed with majesty and splendor;The Lord has clothed and encircled Himself with strength;the world is firmly established, it cannot be moved.

That You may grant him [power to calm himself and find] peace in the days of adversity,Until the pit is dug for the wicked and ungodly.

Nevertheless He saved them for His name’s sake,That He might make His [supreme] power known.

Your people will offer themselves willingly [to participate in Your battle] in the day of Your power;In the splendor of holiness, from the womb of the dawn,Your young men are to You as the dew.

He has declared and made known to His people the power of His works,In giving them the heritage of the nations.

Set me free and rescue me from the hand of [hostile] foreigners,Whose mouth speaks deceit [without restraint],And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

They shall speak of the glory of Your kingdomAnd talk of Your power,

Great is our [majestic and mighty] Lord and abundant in strength;His understanding is inexhaustible [infinite, boundless].

He has lifted up a horn for His people [giving them strength, prosperity, dignity, and preeminence],Praise for all His godly ones;For the people of Israel, a people near to Him.Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)

Praise the Lord!Praise God in His sanctuary;Praise Him in His mighty heavens.