Psalms 33:20
The hope of our souls is in the LORD; He is our help and our shield.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.
In Context
19To save them from the power of death, And keep them alive in famine.
21Yea, in him doth our heart rejoice; In his holy name we have confidence.
Cross References
Psalms 62:1“For the leader of the music of the Jeduthunites, A psalm of David.” Truly my soul resteth on God alone; From him cometh my deliverance!
Psalms 115:9O Israel! trust thou in the LORD! He is their help and their shield.
Psalms 144:1Blessed be the LORD, my rock, Who teacheth my hands to war, And my fingers to fight!
Isaiah 25:9In that day shall men say, “Behold, this is our God; We waited for him, and he hath saved us; This is Jehovah, for whom we waited; Let us rejoice and exult in his salvation.”
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 →