I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.
To go in the strength of the Lord God is to go forward relying on the Lord's strength and to speak of God's righteousness alone. Its setting is trust in God as the One who sustains from youth and remains hope when personal strength fails, joined to a plea not to be forsaken so that His strength can be declared to the present and future generations.
In its surrounding verses this testimony of trusting God from youth into old age and declaring His wondrous works, strength, and power to the next generation is David's. Hezekiah, when faithful to God and near death, could plead this same trust in God and desire to make His power known.
The verse expresses the response of a person who recognizes sin and sinfulness. Such a person trusts that Christ covers them with His righteousness as a covering, makes no claim to righteousness as their own, and gives God alone the credit for righteousness. Receiving that covering breaks free from Satan's power, so that henceforth the person relies on God rather than personal strength.
To go in the strength of the Lord God is to go forward relying on the Lord's strength and to speak of God's righteousness alone. Its setting is trust in God as the One who sustains from youth and remains hope when personal strength fails, joined to a plea not to be forsaken so that His strength can be declared to the present and future generations.
In its surrounding verses this testimony of trusting God from youth into old age and declaring His wondrous works, strength, and power to the next generation is David's. Hezekiah, when faithful to God and near death, could plead this same trust in God and desire to make His power known.
The verse expresses the response of a person who recognizes sin and sinfulness. Such a person trusts that Christ covers them with His righteousness as a covering, makes no claim to righteousness as their own, and gives God alone the credit for righteousness. Receiving that covering breaks free from Satan's power, so that henceforth the person relies on God rather than personal strength.