# Psalms 33.18 **Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 16. There is no king saved by the multitude of a host: A mighty man is not delivered by great strength. 17. A horse is a vain thing for safety; Neither doth he deliver any by his great power. > > **18. Behold, the eye of Jehovah is upon them that fear him, Upon them that hope in his lovingkindness;** > > 19. To deliver their soul from death, And to keep them alive in famine. 20. Our soul hath waited for Jehovah: He is our help and our shield. (Psalms 33:16-20, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 16. There is no king saved by the multitude of an army. A mighty man is not delivered by great strength. 17. A horse is a vain thing for safety, neither does he deliver any by his great power. > > **18. Behold, Yahweh’s eye is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his loving kindness;** > > 19. to deliver their soul from death, to keep them alive in famine. 20. Our soul has waited for Yahweh. He is our help and our shield. (Psalms 33:16-20, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 16. There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength. 17. An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength. > > **18. Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;** > > 19. To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine. 20. Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield. (Psalms 33:16-20, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 16. The king is not saved by the multitude of a force. A mighty man is not delivered, By abundance of power. 17. A false thing [is] the horse for safety, And by the abundance of his strength He doth not deliver. > > **18. Lo, the eye of Jehovah [is] to those fearing Him, To those waiting for His kindness,** > > 19. To deliver from death their soul, And to keep them alive in famine. 20. Our soul hath waited for Jehovah, Our help and our shield [is] He, (Psalms 33:16-20, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Notes _Your annotations._ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.