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Psalm 33

Psa. 33:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Our soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
waiteth
chakah (Hebrew #2442)
properly, to adhere to; hence, to await
KJV usage: long, tarry, wait.
Pronounce: khaw-kaw'
Origin: a primitive root (apparently akin to 2707 through the idea of piercing)
for the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
w: he is our help
`ezer (Hebrew #5828)
aid
KJV usage: help.
Pronounce: ay'-zer
Origin: from 5826
and our shield
magen (Hebrew #4043)
from 1598; a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler); figuratively, a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile
KJV usage: X armed, buckler, defence, ruler, + scale, shield.
Pronounce: maw-gane'
Origin: also (in plural) feminine mginnah {meg-in-naw'}
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Psa. 115:9‑11• 9O Israel, confide thou in Jehovah: he is their help and their shield.
 10House of Aaron, confide in Jehovah: he is their help and their shield.
 11Ye that fear Jehovah, confide in Jehovah: he is their help and their shield. (Psa. 115:9‑11)

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Shield,
Soul; Spirit

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 27:14• 14Wait for Jehovah; be strong and let thy heart take courage: yea, wait for Jehovah. (Psa. 27:14)
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Psa. 62:1‑2,5‑6• 1To the chief Musician. On Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. Upon God alone doth my soul rest peacefully; from him is my salvation.
 2He only is my rock and my salvation; my high fortress: I shall not be greatly moved.
 5Upon God alone, O my soul, rest peacefully; for my expectation is from him.
 6He only is my rock and my salvation; my high fortress: I shall not be moved. (Psa. 62:1‑2,5‑6)
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Psa. 130:5‑6• 5I wait for Jehovah; my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
 6My soul waiteth for the Lord more than the watchers wait for the morning, more than the watchers for the morning. (Psa. 130:5‑6)
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Isa. 40:31• 31but they that wait upon Jehovah shall renew their strength: they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not tire; they shall walk, and not faint. (Isa. 40:31)
he is.
Psa. 115:9‑12• 9O Israel, confide thou in Jehovah: he is their help and their shield.
 10House of Aaron, confide in Jehovah: he is their help and their shield.
 11Ye that fear Jehovah, confide in Jehovah: he is their help and their shield.
 12Jehovah hath been mindful of us: he will bless, he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron; (Psa. 115:9‑12)
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Psa. 144:1‑2• 1A Psalm of David. Blessed be Jehovah my rock, who teacheth my hands to war, my fingers to fight;
 2My mercy and my fortress, my high tower and my deliverer, my shield and he in whom I trust, who subdueth my people under me! (Psa. 144:1‑2)
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1 Chron. 5:20• 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. (1 Chron. 5:20)
• (vv. 20-22) The psalm closes with the response of the godly to the goodness of the Lord as manifested in His Word and works. (“Psalms 33” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Our soul waiteth for Jehovah: he is our help and our shield.