“Our soul waiteth for the Lord: he is our help and our shield.”
The psalm concludes with an affirmation of hope and expectation: let God's covenant loyalty rest upon us as we hope in him. The verb "rest" suggests that God's lovingkindness should continue to sustain and cover the faithful. The phrase "according to our hope in him" emphasizes that God's provision corresponds to the faith and trust of the faithful. The final affirmation transforms the psalm from address to God into a statement of confident expectation. The closing invites the assembly to rest their entire existence on God's covenant loyalty.
Church Fathers on Psalms 33:20
1. “Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous:” rejoice, O you righteous, not in yourselves, for that is not safe; but in the Lord. “For praise is comely to the upright” Psalm 32:1: these praise the Lord, who submit themselves unto the Lord; for else they are distorted and perverse. 2. “Praise the Lord with harp:” praise the Lord, presenting unto Him your bodies a living sacrifice. Romans 12:1 “Sing unto Him with the psaltery for ten strings” Psalm 32:2: let your members be…
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