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Psalms 33:20

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

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נַ֭פְשֵׁנוּnafshenvcreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…חִכְּתָ֣הchiktahlongחָכָהverb, piel, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “long”, a completed actionH2442properly, to adhere to; hence, to awaitlong, tarry, wait.לַֽיהוָ֑הlayhvahto Jehovahיְהֹוָהpreposition, noun, proper name — “to Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).עֶזְרֵ֖נוּezrenvhelpעֵזֶרnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “help”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5828aidhelp.וּמָגִנֵּ֣נוּumaginenvand bucklerמָגֵןconjunction, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “and buckler”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4043a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler); figuratively, a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile[idiom] armed, buckler, defence, ruler, [phrase] scale, shield.הֽוּאhuas for herהוּאpronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “as for her”H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or arehe, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Our soul hath waited for the LORD; He is our help and our shield.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Our soul hath waited for Jehovah: He is our help and our shield.

Young’s Literal Translation

Our soul hath waited for Jehovah, Our help and our shield [is] He,

World English Bible

Our soul has waited for Yahweh. He is our help and our shield.

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

Many are the afflictions of the just; but out of them all will the Lord deliver them.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Our soul hath waited for the LORD; He is our help and our shield.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Our soul waits on the Lord; for he is our helper and defender.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἡ ψυχὴ ἡμῶν ὑπομένει τῷ Κυρίῳ, ὅτι βοηθὸς καὶ ὑπερασπιστὴς ἡμῶν ἐστιν.