Psalms 33:20
Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.
King James Version
In Context
19To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
21For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 5:20And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them; because they put their trust in him.
Psalms 62:1Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.
Psalms 115:9O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
Psalms 144:1Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:
Isaiah 25:9And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice 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 →