KJV King James Version
Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he [is] our help and our shield.
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Psalm 33:20
Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he [is] our help and our shield.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Our soul waits for the LORD; He is our help and our shield.
WEB World English Bible
Our soul has waited for Yahweh. He is our help and our shield.
ASV American Standard Version
Our soul hath waited for Jehovah: He is our help and our shield.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Our soul hath waited for Jehovah, Our help and our shield is He,
Surrounding context — Psalm 33
17 An horse [is] a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver [any] by his great strength.
18 Behold, the eye of the LORD [is] upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;
19 To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
20 Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he [is] our help and our shield.
21 For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.
22 Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.
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Isaiah 40:31But 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.Psalm 27:14Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.Psalm 130:5-6I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.Psalm 115:9-12O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he [is] their help and their shield.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.Psalm 144:1-2[A Psalm] of David. Blessed [be] the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, [and] my fingers to fight:Isaiah 8:17And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.Psalm 62:5-6My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation [is] from him.Psalm 62:1-2To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him [cometh] my salvation.
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