“[God] is always helping and providing us with salvation. The term "protector," you see, is a metaphor from those thrusting their own shields among the enemy and by protection from these often sheltering others and freeing them from every disaster.”
Theodore of Mopsuestia, 5th c. — COMMENTARY ON PSALMS 33:20A
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20Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.
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18Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;
19To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
— Psalms 33:20 —
21For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.
22Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.