2 Chronicles 20:12 (DRB)

Passage

O our God, wilt thou not then judge them? as for us we have not strength enough, to be able to resist this multitude, which cometh violently upon us. But as we know not what to do, we can only turn our eyes to thee.

Nearby Context

2 Chronicles 20:10 Now therefore behold the children of Ammon, and of Moab, and mount Seir, through whose lands thou didst not allow Israel to pass, when they came out of Egypt, but they turned aside from them, and slew them not,

2 Chronicles 20:11 Do the contrary, and endeavour to cast us out of the possession which thou hast delivered to us.

2 Chronicles 20:12 O our God, wilt thou not then judge them? as for us we have not strength enough, to be able to resist this multitude, which cometh violently upon us. But as we know not what to do, we can only turn our eyes to thee.

2 Chronicles 20:13 And all Juda stood before the Lord with their little ones, and their wives, and their children.

2 Chronicles 20:14 And Jahaziel the son of Zacharias, the son of Banaias, the son of Jehiel, the son of Mathanias, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, was there, upon whom the spirit of the Lord came in the midst of the multitude,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "wilt", "thou", "judge", "strength", "enough", "able", "resist", and "multitude". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "wilt" and "thou", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "Do the contrary and endeavour to cast..." into verse 13's "And all Juda stood before the Lord...", so "wilt" and "thou" belong inside that flow. In 2 Chronicles context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "wilt" and "thou" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.