Psalms 33:19
To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
In Context
18Behold, the eye of the LORD is toward them that fear Him, toward them that wait for His mercy;
20Our soul hath waited for the LORD; He is our help and our shield.
Cross References
Job 5:19He will deliver thee in six troubles; yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
Psalms 34:10(34-11) The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger; but they that seek the LORD want not any good thing.
Psalms 37:19They shall not be ashamed in the time of evil; and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
Psalms 91:10There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy tent.
Proverbs 10:3The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish; but He thrusteth away the desire of the wicked.
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 →