Mazmur 33:19-22

33:19 by saving their lives from death ¹ 

and sustaining them during times of famine. ² 

33:20 We ³  wait for the Lord;

he is our deliverer ⁴  and shield. ⁵ 

33:21 For our hearts rejoice in him,

for we trust in his holy name.

33:22 May we experience your faithfulness, O Lord, ⁶ 

for ⁷  we wait for you.

[33:19]  ¹ tn Heb “to save from death their live[s].”

[33:19]  ² tn Heb “and to keep them alive in famine.”

[33:20]  ³ tn Or “our lives.” The suffixed form of נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, “being, life”) is often equivalent to a pronoun in poetic texts.

[33:20]  ⁴ tn Or “[source of] help.”

[33:20]  ⁵ tn Or “protector.”

[33:22]  ⁶ tn Heb “let your faithfulness, O Lord, be on us.”

[33:22]  ⁷ tn Or “just as.”