Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.
Our soul's waiting for the Lord is the waiting of trust, the dependence of God's people on Him as their help and shield. That waiting is reliance on Him for practical support, protection, and care, for He is help and protection and shield to those who wait for Him. This waiting belongs together with hoping in His mercy and trusting in His holy name, a waiting and hoping in Him.
Because they trust in His holy name, those who wait have confidence and their hearts rejoice in Him. When they heed His words and trust His holy name, they can rejoice in Him. Those who fear Him and hope in His mercy are watched over by Him, so they can take courage because He delivers and protects them, rescuing them from death and keeping them alive in famine.
His help accompanies His work of refining and purifying the heart, mind, and life, so that people express the divine image in thought and deed rather than magnifying self. He will care for those who trust Him and help them in every emergency. When threatened with death, this trust applies by declaring that God defends and that human attackers cannot overcome His protection.
Our soul's waiting for the Lord is the waiting of trust, the dependence of God's people on Him as their help and shield. That waiting is reliance on Him for practical support, protection, and care, for He is help and protection and shield to those who wait for Him. This waiting belongs together with hoping in His mercy and trusting in His holy name, a waiting and hoping in Him.
Because they trust in His holy name, those who wait have confidence and their hearts rejoice in Him. When they heed His words and trust His holy name, they can rejoice in Him. Those who fear Him and hope in His mercy are watched over by Him, so they can take courage because He delivers and protects them, rescuing them from death and keeping them alive in famine.
His help accompanies His work of refining and purifying the heart, mind, and life, so that people express the divine image in thought and deed rather than magnifying self. He will care for those who trust Him and help them in every emergency. When threatened with death, this trust applies by declaring that God defends and that human attackers cannot overcome His protection.