Text -- Psalms 33:19-22 (NET)

33:19 by saving their lives from death and sustaining them during times of famine. 33:20 We wait for the Lord; he is our deliverer and shield. 33:21 For our hearts rejoice in him, for we trust in his holy name. 33:22 May we experience your faithfulness, O Lord, for we wait for you.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Psa 33:19

¹ tn Heb “to save from death their live[s].”

² tn Heb “and to keep them alive in famine.”

NET Notes: Psa 33:20

¹ tn Or “our lives.” The suffixed form of נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, “being, life”) is often equivalent to a pronoun in poetic texts.

² tn Or “[source of] help.”

³ tn Or “protector.”

NET Notes: Psa 33:22

¹ tn Heb “let your faithfulness, O Lord, be on us.”

² tn Or “just as.”