Psalm 33:19 {32:19}
Good News Translation
He saves them from death; he keeps them alive in times of famine.

New Revised Standard Version
to deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.

Contemporary English Version
He protects them from death and starvation.

New American Bible
To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive through famine.

Douay-Rheims Bible
To deliver their souls from death; and feed them in famine.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

To deliver their souls from death; and feed them in famine.

To deliver

Psalm 91:3-7,10 For he hath delivered me from the snare of the hunters: and from the sharp word. . . .

John 10:28,30 And I give them life everlasting: and they shall not perish for ever. And no man shall pluck them out of my hand. . . .

to keep

Psalm 37:3,19 Trust in the Lord, and do good, and dwell in the land, and thou shalt be fed with its riches. . . .

Job 5:19-22 In six troubles he shall deliver thee, and in the seventh, evil shall not touch thee. . . .

Proverbs 10:3 The slothful hand hath wrought poverty: but the hand of the industrious getteth riches. He that trusteth to lies feedeth the winds: and the same runneth after birds, that fly away.

Isaiah 33:16 He shall dwell on high, the fortifications of rocks shall be his highness: bread is given him, his waters are sure.

Matthew 6:31-33 Be not solicitous therefore, saying: What shall we eat: or what shall we drink, or wherewith shall we be clothed? . . .

Context
Praise to the Creator
18Behold the eyes of the Lord are on them that fear him: and on them that hope in his mercy. 19To deliver their souls from death; and feed them in famine.20Our soul waiteth for the Lord: for he is our helper and protector.…
Cross References
Acts 12:11
And Peter coming to himself, said: Now I know in very deed 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.

Genesis 19:16
And as he lingered, they took his hand, and the hand of his wife, and of his two daughters, because the Lord spared him.

Genesis 42:2
I have heard that wheat is sold in Egypt: Go ye down, and buy us necessaries, that we may live, and not be consumed with want.

Job 5:20
In famine he shall deliver thee from death; and in battle, from the hand of the sword.

Psalm 37:19
They shall not be confounded in the evil time; and in the days of famine they shall be filled:

Psalm 56:13
Because thou hast delivered my soul from death, my feet from falling: that I may please in the sight of God, in the light of the living.

Jeremiah 37:21


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