Psalms 33:20
Our own soul, hath waited for Yahweh, Our help and our shield, is he!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.
In Context
19To rescue, from death, their soul, and to keep them alive in famine.
21For, in him, shall our heart rejoice, For, in his holy Name, have we trusted.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 5:20and were helped against them, and the Hagrites and all that were with them were delivered into their hand,—for, unto God, made they outcry, in the war, and he suffered himself to be entreated by them, because they put their trust in him;
Psalms 62:1Surely, towards God, silence [becometh] my soul, From him, is my salvation:
Psalms 115:9O Israel! trust thou in Yahweh, Their help and their shield, is he!
Psalms 144:1Blessed be Yahweh, my Rock, who teacheth my hands to war, my fingers to fight:
Isaiah 25:9So shall it be said, in that day, Lo! our God, is this! We waited for him, that he might save us,—This, is Yahweh! We waited for him, Let us exult 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 →