Psalms 33:20 · KJV
“Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he {is} our help and our shield.”
— Psalms 33:20
To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.
Psalms 33 — Context
Behold, the eye of the LORD {is} upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;
19To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
20Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he {is} our help and our shield.
21For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.
22Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.
Cross References
Isaiah 40:31
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew {their} strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; {and} they shall walk, and not faint. {renew: Heb. change}
Psalms 27:14
Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
Psalms 130:5-6
I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
Psalms 115:9-12
O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he {is} their help and their shield.
1 Chronicles 5:20
And 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.
Isaiah 8:17
And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
Psalms 62:5-6
My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation {is} from him.
Psalms 144:1-2
[{A Psalm} of David.] Blessed {be} the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, {and} my fingers to fight: {strength: Heb. rock} {to war...: Heb. to the war, etc}