as the hand of the Lord my God was upon me] Heb. according to the hand of the Lord my God upon me; as verse 6. of this chapter, and chapter 8. verse 18. Or, which was upon me. He notes the cause of his great strength that encouraged him to go on stoutly in the work, till he finished it: Not the degree of it, as if sometimes he went more earnestly about it, sometimes more slowly.