Psalms 33:18
Behold, the eye of the LORD is toward them that fear Him, toward them that wait for His mercy;
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;
In Context
17A horse is a vain thing for safety; neither doth it afford escape by its great strength.
19To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
Cross References
1 Kings 17:6And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
Ezra 8:22For I was ashamed to ask of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way; because we had spoken unto the king, saying: 'The hand of our God is upon all them that seek Him, for good; but His power and His wrath is against all them that forsake Him.'
Psalms 13:5(13-6) But as for me, in Thy mercy do I trust; my heart shall rejoice in Thy salvation.
Psalms 34:16(34-17) The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
Psalms 111:5He hath given food unto them that fear Him; He will ever be mindful of His covenant.
Jeremiah 37:21Then Zedekiah the king commanded, and they committed Jeremiah into the court of the guard, and they gave him daily a loaf of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city was spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 33:13-22
God's Sovereign Power. 12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord ; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance. 13 The Lord looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men. 14 From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth. 15 He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works. 16 There is no king saved by the multitude of a host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength. 17 A horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver… Read the whole commentary →