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Geneva Bible
Psalms 33:20
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We wait for the Lord;he is our help and shield.
Our soul has waited for the LORD. He is our help and our shield.
Our soul waiteth for the Lord : he is our help and our shield.
Our soul waits for the Lord ; he is our help and our shield.
So our hope is in the Lord . He is our help, our shield to protect us.
We wait for the Lord ; he is our deliverer and shield.
We wait [expectantly] for the LORD; He is our help and our shield.
Our soul waits for the LORD; He is our help and our shield.
Our soul has waited for Yahweh. He is our help and our shield.
Our soul is patient for Yahweh;He is our help and our shield.
Our soul waits for the LORD; He is our help and our shield.
We depend on you, Lord , to help and protect us.
We are waiting for Adonai ; he is our help and shield.
Our soul waiteth for Jehovah: he is our help and our shield.
So we will wait for the Lord . He helps us and protects us.
Our soul waits for the LORD; he is our help and our shield.
We put our hope in the Lord ; he is our protector and our help.
Our soul waits for Yahweh; he is our help and our shield.
Our soul waits for Jehovah; He is our help and shield.
Let oure soule paciently abyde the LORDE, for he is oure helpe and shilde.
Our soul hath waited for Jehovah: He is our help and our shield.
Our souls are waiting for the Lord; he is our help and our salvation.
Our soul hath waited for the LORD; He is our help and our shield.
Our soule waiteth for the Lord: he is our helpe, and our shield.
Our soule wayteth after God: he is our ayde and shielde.
Our soul waits on the Lord; for he is our helper and defender.
Our soul hath waited for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.
Oure soule suffreth the Lord; for he is oure helpere and defendere.
Our soul has waited for Yahweh: He is our help and our shield.
Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he [is] our help and our shield.
Our soul waits for the LORD; He is our help and our shield.
We put our hope in the Lord . He is our help and our shield.
Our soul waits for the Lord. He is our help and our safe cover.
Our soul waits for the Lord ; he is our help and shield.
Our own soul, hath waited for Yahweh, Our help and our shield, is he!
(32-20) Our soul waiteth for the Lord: for he is our helper and protector.
Our soul waits for the LORD; he is our help and shield.
Our soul hath waited for Jehovah, Our help and our shield [is] He,
We're depending on God ; he's everything we need. What's more, our hearts brim with joy since we've taken for our own his holy name. Love us, God , with all you've got— that's what we're depending on.
Our soul waits for the Lord ; He is our help and our shield.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
soul: Psalms 27:14, Psalms 62:1, Psalms 62:2, Psalms 62:5, Psalms 62:6, Psalms 130:5, Psalms 130:6, Isaiah 40:31
he is: Psalms 115:9-12, Psalms 144:1, Psalms 144:2, 1 Chronicles 5:20
Reciprocal: Psalms 25:3 - wait Isaiah 8:17 - I will Hosea 13:9 - but Zechariah 4:6 - might Hebrews 13:6 - The Lord
Cross-References
Then Noah built an altar to the Lord & tooke of euery cleane beast, & of euery cleane foule, and offered burnt offerings vpon the altar.
Then Abram remoued his tent, and came and dwelled in the plaine of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and builded there an altar vnto ye Lorde.
And Abraham planted a groue in Beer-sheba, and called there on the Name of ye Lord, the euerlasting God.
Then said he, Thy name shalbe called Iaakob no more, but Israel: because thou hast had power wt God, thou shalt also preuaile wt men.
Leah also with her children came nere and made obeysance: and after Ioseph & Rahel drew neere, and did reuerence.
Then he said, What meanest thou by all this droue, which I met? Who answered, I haue sent it, that I may finde fauour in the sight of my lorde:
And he built there an altar, and had called the place, The God of Beth-el, because that God appeared vnto him there, when he fled from his brother.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Our soul waiteth for the Lord,.... This, and what follows, are the words of the church, expressing her expectation, faith, and joy, by reason of what is suggested in the preceding verses. She signifies her expectation of good by waiting for the Lord; either for his coming in the flesh, and salvation by him; for which the patriarchs, prophets, and all the Old Testament saints, waited,
Genesis 49:18; and so the Targum paraphrases it, "our soul waiteth for the redemption of the Lord"; or for his spiritual coming, his appearance to them, and gracious presence with them, he having been for some time absent; and it is right and good so to do, and in the issue proves advantageous, Isaiah 8:17; and this being soul waiting, it denotes the heartiness, sincerity, and earnestness of it;
he [is] our help and our shield; the Lord is the help of his people in time of trouble, when none else is or can be; and he is a present one, and helps right early, and at the best season: and he is their shield, who encompasses them about with his love and favour, and keeps them by his power in the greatest safety; all which encourages their waiting upon him, and expectation of good things from him.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Our soul waiteth for the Lord - This and the subsequent verses to the end of the psalm refer to the people of God, expressing their faith in him in view of the considerations suggested in the former part of the psalm. The language is expressive of the general character of piety. True piety leads people to wait on the Lord; to depend on Him; to look to His interposition in danger, sickness, poverty, want; to rely upon Him for all that is hoped for in this life, and for salvation in the life to come. Compare Psalms 62:1; Psalms 25:3.
He is our help - Our aid; our helper. Compare Psalms 10:14; Psalms 22:11; Psalms 30:10.
And our shield - See the notes at Psalms 5:12. That is, He will defend us from our enemies, as if He threw His shield between us and them.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 33:20. Our soul waiteth — Our whole life is employed in this blessed work; we trust in nothing but him; neither in multitudes of armed men, nor in natural strength, nor in the fleetest animals, nor in any thing human: we trust in Him alone "who is our help and our shield."
