Psalms 33 · Verse 19

Psalms 33:19

To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
Psalms 33:19, King James Version

Psalms 33:19 in other translations

BSBto deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine.
WEBto deliver their soul from death, to keep them alive in famine.
ASVTo deliver their soul from death, And to keep them alive in famine.
YLTTo deliver from death their soul, And to keep them alive in famine.
DARBYTo deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
BBETo keep their souls from death; and to keep them living in time of need.
WebsterTo deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.

What does Psalms 33:19 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 33:12-19

12-19. The inference from the foregoing in Psa 33:12 is illustrated by God's special providence, underlying which is His minute knowledge of all men.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 19 To deliver their soul from death - To watch over and protect them in all sudden dangers and emergencies, so that they shall not lose their Lives by any accident. And to keep them alive in famine - Not only prevent sudden death by an instantaneous interposition of my power, but keep them from a lingering death, by extraordinary supplies granted them in an extraordinary manner; because I am all in all, and all everywhere.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 33:12-22

All the motions and operations of the souls of men, which no mortals know but themselves, God knows better than they do. Their hearts, as well as their times, are all in his hand; he formed the spirit of each man within him. All the powers of the creature depend upon him, and are of no account, of no avail at all, without him. If we make God's favour sure towards us, then we need not fear whatever is against us. We…

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Psalms 33:19 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לְהַצִּ֣ילle.ha.Tzilto deliverH5337
מִמָּ֣וֶתmi.Ma.vetfrom deathH4194
נַפְשָׁ֑םnaf.Shamlife theirH5315
וּ֝לְחַיּוֹתָ֗םu.le.chai.yo.Tamand to preserve alive themH2421
בָּרָעָֽב\׃ba.ra.'Avin <the> famineH7458

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 33:19

  • Psalms 37:19

    They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

  • Proverbs 10:3

    The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.

  • Job 5:19-22

    He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword. Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh. At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

  • Isaiah 33:16

    He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.

  • Matthew 6:31-33

    Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

  • John 10:28

    And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.

  • Psalms 37:3

    Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.

  • Psalms 91:10

    There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.

  • Psalms 91:3-7

    Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. …

  • Acts 12:11

    And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.

  • John 10:30

    I and my Father are one.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
To deliver.
91:3-7,10; Joh 10:28,30
to keep.
37:3,19; Job 5:19-22; Pr 10:3; Isa 33:16; Mt 6:31-33

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 33:18

    Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;

  • Psalms 33:19

    To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.

  • Psalms 33:20

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

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Psalms 33:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Para librar sus almas de la muerte, y para darles vida en el hambre.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Pour délivrer leur âme de la mort, et pour les conserver en vie durant la famine.
German
Elberfelder 1871		um ihre Seele vom Tode zu erretten und sie am Leben zu erhalten in Hungersnot.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Juxta est Dominus iis qui tribulato sunt corde, et humiles spiritu salvabit.