Psalms 33:20
Our soul hath waited for Jehovah, Our help and our shield [is] He,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.
In Context
19To deliver from death their soul, And to keep them alive in famine.
21For in Him doth our heart rejoice, For in His holy name we have trusted.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 5:20and they are helped against them, and the Hagarites are given into their hand, and all who [are] with them, for they cried to God in battle, and He was entreated of them, because they trusted in Him.
Psalms 62:1To the Overseer, for Jeduthun. — A Psalm of David. Only — toward God [is] my soul silent, From Him [is] my salvation.
Psalms 115:9O Israel, trust in Jehovah, 'Their help and their shield [is] He.'
Psalms 144:1By David. Blessed [is] Jehovah my rock, who is teaching My hands for war, my fingers for battle.
Isaiah 25:9And [one] hath said in that day, 'Lo, this [is] our God, We waited for Him, and He saveth us, This [is] Jehovah, we have waited for Him, We joy 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 →