Psalms 33:19
To deliver from death their soul, and to keep them alive in famine.
Leeser Tanakh
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 upon those that fear him, upon those that hope for his kindness.
20Our soul waiteth for the Lord: our help and our shield is he.
Cross References
Job 5:19In six distresses will he deliver thee; and in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
Psalms 34:10(34:11) The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger; but those who seek the Lord shall not want any good.
Psalms 37:19They shall not be made ashamed in the time of unhappiness; and in the days of famine shall they be satisfied.
Psalms 91:10No evil shall befall thee, nor shall any plague come nigh unto thy tent.
Proverbs 10:3The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish; but the sinful desires of the wicked will he cast away.
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 →