Psalms 33:18
16 No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength.
17 A horse is a vain hope for salvation; even its great strength cannot save.
Surely the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in His loving devotion
19 to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine.
20 Our soul waits for the LORD; He is our help and our shield.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Surely the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in His loving devotion
- KJV
- Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;
- WEB
- Behold, the LORD’s eye is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his loving kindness,
- ASV
- Behold, the eye of Jehovah is upon them that fear him, Upon them that hope in his lovingkindness;
- DARBY
- Behold, the eye of Jehovah is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his loving-kindness,
- BLB
- Behold, the eye of YHWH [is] toward those who fear Him, to those waiting on His loving devotion,
- ÅB
- Se, Herrens øye ser til dem som frykter ham,
som venter på hans godhet, - OTB
- Se, Herrens øye er på dem som frykter Ham,
På dem som håper på Hans trofasthet, - B1930
- Se, Herrens øie ser til dem som frykter ham, som bier på hans miskunnhet,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Peter 3:12
For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
Read in contextPsalms 147:11
The LORD is pleased with those who fear Him, who hope in His loving devotion.
Read in contextJob 36:7
He does not take His eyes off the righteous, but He enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.
Read in contextPsalms 34:15–20
The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.
Read in contextHebrews 6:18
Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.
Read in contextPsalms 13:5
But I have trusted in Your loving devotion; my heart will rejoice in Your salvation.
Read in contextPsalms 52:8
But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.
Read in contextRomans 4:4–8
Now the wages of the worker are not credited as a gift, but as an obligation.
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